Championing Diabetes Prevention and Care

Posted on Nov 12, 2021

Tina Thomas was diagnosed with diabetes at PIH-supported J.J. Dossen Hospital. Now, she's sharing her story with others as a community health worker and patient advocate in Liberia.

Case Studies: How Connecting People With the Essentials is Crucial to Pandemic Response

Posted on Jun 3, 2021

Care resource specialists have filled a crucial health care gap by ensuring people have the social, material, and other support they need to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, these specialists are also helping those hardest-hit gain greater access to life-saving vaccines.

Need to Know: Details on Biden's New Public Health Workforce Plan

Posted on May 14, 2021

The Biden Administration just announced a $7.4 billion investment in a public health workforce. Partners In Health applauds the decision to invest in our critical public health and community health workforces while we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and the underlying inequities in the U.S. health system.

Care, In A Backpack: Fighting TB in Peru

Posted on Mar 26, 2021

Partners In Health has been fighting tuberculosis in Peru for decades. Its latest intervention is Mochila TB, a tool that takes testing to patients wherever they may be—from prisons to shelters to rural hillside communities.

Our Most-Read Stories of 2020

Posted on Dec 30, 2020

Though the COVID-19 pandemic flooded our work, website, and lives in 2020, a third of our most-read blog posts this year focused on other topics. Here are the 12 most-read stories of 2020, listed by date of publication.

PIH in the News: Our Favorite Moments of 2020

Posted on Dec 23, 2020

With nearly 400 mentions in the press in 2020, it was difficult to narrow the list down to our favorites. But here's a selection of our top 13, listed by date of publication.

R&I: Study Highlights Community Health Representatives’ Impact on Diabetes in Navajo Nation

Posted on Nov 13, 2020

For years, Partners In Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Community Outreach and Patient Empowerment (COPE) have worked to strengthen Navajo Nation’s Community Health Representative Program. Now, a study confirms that the program has improved patients' health and lowered their risks for diabetes complications.

Finding the Way Back Home, One Conversation at a Time

Posted on Oct 16, 2020

People struggling with mental health conditions who have stopped receiving treatment or taking medication—and as a result have seen their conditions worsen and may be homeless—are sometimes called “lost” patients.

In Maryland County, Liberia, Helena Wesley has made it her mission to find them.

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