PIH Webinars

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Paul Farmer Symposium on Global Health Equity: Mental Health Matters

Webinar Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 1:30 p.m. ET / 10:30 a.m. PT
Description: Dr. Paul Farmer taught us that advancing mental health requires care that extends beyond clinical settings—addressing the broader social, economic, and structural determinants that profoundly influence mental well-being, including poverty, displacement, and systemic inequity. In the 2025 Paul Farmer Symposium on Global Health Equity, a keynote address and engaging panel discussions explored how comprehensive approaches can meaningfully respond to the global crisis in mental health care. The 2025 Paul Farmer Symposium on Global Health Equity was hosted by Partners In Health; the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School; the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital; and the Harvard Global Health Institute.
Where to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi0UdBshrQA 

Health in the Balance: What's at Stake for Global Health

Webinar Date: Thursday, October 16, 2025,  12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT    
Description: An urgent discussion between PIH leaders Dr. Joia Mukherjee and Vincent Lin on continued cuts to global health and public health funding, what’s at stake as appropriated funds are left unspent, and actionable steps you can take to join the fight. This virtual event was hosted by the Leadership Giving Society, which recognizes donors who are committed to and make a strong investment in PIH’s work through generous annual contributions of $1,000 or more.
Where to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Z0fnkcUGY 

 

An Evening of Stories and Solidarity: Ophelia Dahl and John Green in Conversation

Webinar Date: Monday, June 9, 2025,  7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT   
Description: An inspiring conversation between Ophelia Dahl, PIH co-founder and chair of the board of directors, and John Green, PIH trustee and bestselling author. Together, they discussed John’s journey with PIH to create change and save lives around the globe, specifically in maternal health and tuberculosis care, and the ways Ophelia and John both harness the power of community and storytelling to create a more just world. 
Where to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAojDqiXOT0 

How to Save Global Health

Webinar Date: Friday, April 11, 2025,  12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT   
Description: Partners In Health leaders, Dr. Joia Mukherjee, PIH chief medical officer, and Vincent Lin, PIH associate director of health policy and advocacy, joined Asia Russell, Health GAP (Global Access Project) executive director, to discuss what could be done to ensure health is a human right for everyone. The U.S. government’s push to withdraw from WHO, dissolve USAID, and freeze critical foreign aid programs threatened the movement toward global health equity and endangered millions of people’s lives. Joia, Vincent, and Asia discussed the fight they were in, what was at stake, and how to advocate for and stand in solidarity with the most marginalized around the world. Global Health Justice Week was a global campaign inspired by the legacy, teachings, and impact of PIH’s co-founder, the late Dr. Paul Farmer. This year, the focus was on the importance of unity and solidarity in the fight for health justice. 
Where to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU-QhKEEt0o 

 

Turmoil, TB Care, and Taking Action

Webinar Date: Monday, March 24, 2025,  12 p.m. EDT / 9 a.m. PDT   
Description: The Trump administration recently slashed foreign aid, cutting off lifesaving access to medication and support for hundreds of thousands of people who are fighting tuberculosis (TB)—the world’s most deadly infectious disease. These harmful actions sparked outrage and disbelief among the global community of clinicians, advocates, researchers, and survivors who know firsthand the dire consequences, specifically to vulnerable populations around the world. For World TB Day, Partners In Health invited leading TB experts, authors, and thought leaders to shed light on what these cruel actions meant for patients and the centuries-long fight against TB, and to discuss the hope and power that persisted through the coordinated actions of activists and allies.
Where to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR7bQaFsw9I 

 

Foreign Aid Freeze: What You Need to Know

Webinar Date: Friday, February 7, 2025, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. ET     
Description: The 90-day freeze on crucial foreign assistance programs, withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), and reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule—as well as the most recent move to shut down the vital work of USAID—will have devastating consequences on the most vulnerable communities. Partners In Health strongly opposes these moves and sees them as an attack on the right to health and an unjust wielding of presidential power. In this webinar, PIH leaders discuss these executive orders, their impact on global health, and what they mean for the countries where we work and the people we serve.  
Where to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR7bQaFsw9I 

 

The Paul Farmer Symposium on Global Health Equity: The Audacity of Accompaniment

Webinar Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2024, 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. ET     
Description: The 2024 Paul Farmer Symposium on Global Health equity was hosted by Partners In Health; the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School; the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital; and the Harvard Global Health Institute. Accompaniment, a concept championed by Dr. Paul Farmer, reflects a commitment to walk alongside those we serve, fostering solidarity and partnership on the path to justice. His legacy as an accompagnateur continues to inspire efforts to create a more equitable world. In the 2024 Paul Farmer Symposium on Global Health Equity, engaging panel discussions and a keynote address explored how accompaniment continues to guide and strengthen our collective work.
Where to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo83Zw1lq1o 

 

Mental Health Matters: A Global Approach to Care

Webinar Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024  
Description: In this webinar, Giuseppe Raviola and Stephanie Smith, PIH mental health program co-directors; Carmen Contreras, mental health program director, Socios En Salud (as PIH is known in Peru); and Chenjezo Gonani, mental health program manager, PIH Sierra Leone, gave an inside look at the essential mental health services offered across our sites, with a spotlight on Peru and Sierra Leone.
Where to view: https://youtu.be/-s2KtMf1i5I

 

Your Action & Impact: Celebrating All We've Accomplished Together

Webinar Date: Monday, June 17, 2024   
Description: In this webinar, Leo Lecca, executive director, Socios En Salud (as PIH is known in Peru); Nadine Karema, executive director, Inshuti Mu Buzima (as PIH is known in Rwanda); and Sheila Davis, chief executive officer, PIH, discussed the accomplishments we made in 2023 thanks to your partnership.
Where to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIn-3xmPrkw
Webinar Transcript: View Transcript

 

Continuing Care Amid Crisis

Webinar Date: Monday, March 25, 2024 3:00 - 4:00 PM EDT   
Description: In this webinar, Wesler Lambert, interim executive director of Zanmi Lasante (as PIH is known in Haiti); Reginald Fils-Aimé, Zanmi Lasante director of strategic planning; Patrick Ulysse, PIH chief operating officer; and Joia Mukherjee, PIH chief medical officer; discussed the urgent effort to continue care delivery amid unprecedented instability in Haiti.
Where to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VP4BxU2FUk
Health Care in Crisis: An Update from Haiti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-c6kq_-ueU
Webinar Transcript: View Transcript

 

"The World's Deadliest Infectious Disease: PIH Delivers the Cure"

Webinar Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST
Description: In this Giving Tuesday virtual event, John Green, bestselling author and PIH trustee; Dr. KJ Seung, PIH's senior health and policy advisor & endTB co-lead; Henry Reider, a former TB patient in Sierra Leone; and Dr. Girum Tefera, PIH clinical consultant at Lakka Hospital (where Henry received care) discuss the urgent global effort against Tuberculosis (TB) with firsthand accounts and lessons from PIH's relentless advocacy. Dr. Bailor Barrie, executive director of PIH Sierra Leone, also joined to briefly discuss the current security situation in Sierra Leone.

 

The Paul Farmer Symposium on Global Health Equity Livestream

Webinar Date: Monday, November 13, 2023 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. EST   
Description: The 2023 Paul Farmer Symposium on Global Health equity was hosted by Partners In Health; the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School; the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital; and the Harvard Global Health Institute. Discussions on Paul Farmer’s experience in Haiti, and Haiti’s role as a force in the movement for global health equity took place during this event. Through two panels and a keynote address, we heard from experts, thought leaders, and Paul’s colleagues and friends on the importance of Haiti and how Paul’s vision and legacy remain vibrant both in Haiti and globally today.
Where to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Wq2zONT5w
Webinar Transcript: View Transcript

 

Global Day of Action

Webinar Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. EDT    
Description: In this virtual event, PIH Co-founder Ophelia Dahl and Tracy Kidder, PIH trustee and bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains discuss the life of their friend, PIH Co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer, and how we can best honor his legacy through action.     
Where to view: https://pih.org/globaldayofaction 
Webinar Transcript: View Transcript

 

When Disaster Strikes: PIH's Response to Cyclone Freddy

Webinar Date: June 12, 2023 1 p.m. EDT    
Description: In this virtual event hosted by the PIH Leadership Giving Society, Dr. Joia Mukherjee, PIH chief medical officer; Dr. Luckson Dullie, executive director of Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (APZU, as PIH is known in Malawi); and Dr. Chiyembekezo (Chembe) Kachimanga, APZU’s chief medical officer, gathered with Leslie Friday, PIH senior director of content, to discuss APZU’s life-saving emergency response after Cyclone Freddy—the longest-lasting tropical cyclone ever recorded in the southern hemisphere—devastated parts of Malawi, leaving death and displacement in its wake.    
Partners In Health Cyclone Freddy Response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Bj8spvaQc
Webinar Transcript: View Transcript

 

The Five S’s: Building Resilient Health Systems

Webinar Date: August 16, 2022 12 p.m. EDT    
Description: In the first webinar of the Paul's Legacy and PIH's Path Forward webinar series, Dr. Sheila Davis, CEO; Dr. Patrick Ulysse, COO; Dr. Melino Ndayizigiye, PIH Lesotho executive director, and Dr. Paul Sonenthal, associate director of in-patient medicine and critical care, discussed the key components of a robust health system as Dr. Paul Farmer envisioned them.    
Slide URL: https://www.pih.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/8.16%20Paul%27s%20Legacy%20and%20PIH%27s%20Path%20Forward%20The%205%20S%27s%20%26%20Building%20Resilient%20Health%20Systems%20Slideshow.pdf

 

Training the Next Generation of Global Health Leaders 

Webinar Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 12 p.m. EDT    
Description: In the second webinar of the Paul's Legacy and PIH's Path Forward webinar series, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, vice chancellor of PIH's University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda; Marc Julmisse, interim executive director of Zanmi Lasante (PIH's sister organization in Haiti); Daniel Orozco, chief knowledge officer; and Mutesi Mukinisha, University of Global Health Equity student, discussed the ways our universities and teaching programs in Rwanda, Haiti, and beyond are, in Paul's words, “decolonizing global health and expanding access to first-rate training opportunities".

 

Centering the Rights of Women, Children, and Adolescents

Webinar Date: Friday, October 14, 2022 at 12 p.m. EDT    
Description: In the third webinar of the Paul's Legacy and PIH's Path Forward webinar series, Dr. Joia Mukherjee, chief medical officer; Loune Viaud, chief gender and social equity officer; and Dr. Bailor Barrie, PIH Sierra Leone executive director, discussed how we're using health as a vector for gender equity, and spoke about our growing programs supporting the social and economic rights of women, children, and adolescents.

 

Haiti: A Catalyst for PIH’s Global Work

Webinar Date: Tuesday, November 29 at 3:00 p.m. EDT    
Description: During this special virtual event, Haiti: A Catalyst for PIH's Global Work, hosted by the PIH Leadership Giving Society, Dr. Patrick Ulysse, Partners In Health's chief operating officer, and Marc Julmisse, interim executive director of Zanmi Lasante (as PIH is known in Haiti), sat down with Leslie Friday, PIH's director of content, to discuss PIH's Haitian roots, how Zanmi Lasante has benefitted millions of people in the countries where PIH works, and why it's important now more than ever to continue providing care in Haiti.     
Haiti The Birthplace of a Global Health Revolution: https://youtu.be/I9ft_BbXcbg

 

The Future of Global Health: Practice, Equity, and Human Rights

Webinar Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 1 p.m. EDT    
Description: Every day, in 11 countries around the world, PIH strengthens health systems and saves lives. PIH Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joia Mukherjee wrote the book (literally) on what it takes to start a movement like ours. It's called An Introduction to Global Health Delivery, and during this webinar, hosted by Partners In Health's Leadership Giving Society, we celebrated the release of its second edition. Joia sat down with PIH Director of Content Leslie Friday and partners and supporters on Wednesday, July 20, and discussed our collective work reducing global inequities and establishing access to high-quality health care for all.

 

Supporting Migrant Farmworkers In Florida Amid COVID-19 and Beyond

Webinar Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 12 p.m. ET    
Description: During this virtual event, Dr. Joia Mukherjee, PIH chief medical officer; Katie Bollbach, executive director, PIH-US; Jude Beauchamp, senior project lead, Immokalee, PIH-US; Maria Plata, project manager, Immokalee, PIH-US; and Gerardo Reyes Chavez, key leader of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, came together to speak about Partners In Health's work in Immokalee, Florida, a community of migrant farmworkers and essential workers disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and how PIH is addressing systemic inequities in Immokalee by building a community health worker program and connecting residents with clinical and social support.    
Slide URL: https://www.pih.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/5.24.22_Supporting_Migrant_Farmworkers_In_Florida_Amid_COVID-19_and_Beyond_Presentation.pdf

Cancer Care in Rwanda: Saving Lives and Redefining What’s Possible

Webinar Date: Friday, February 4, 2022 at 12 p.m. ET    
Description: During this virtual event hosted by the Partners In Health Board of Trustees on World Cancer Day, Dr. Joel Mubiligi, executive director of Inshuti Mu Buzima (as PIH is known in Rwanda); Dr. Cyprien Shyirambere, Butaro district program director at Inshuti Mu Buzima; and Dr. Lawrence Shulman, PIH trustee and director of University of Pennsylvania's Center for Global Cancer Medicine shared stories, updates, and our vision for the future of this vital work, including the Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence. They also discussed how, side-by-side with local communities, we're redefining what's possible for high-quality cancer care in Rwanda.    
The Promise of Butaro District Hospital: Key Facility Meets Growing Demand, Need for Expansion: https://youtu.be/9ZecZBfMtGw