PIH’s Response to Cholera in Haiti
Posted on Aug 25, 2016
Last week, the U.N. acknowledged its role in the 2010 outbreak of cholera in Haiti. They plan to present a response plan in two months—but people are dying now. You can help.
PIH Leaders Oppose Catastrophic U.S. Bill Blocking Asylum Seekers
Posted on May 16, 2022
Bipartisan bills in both the Senate and House would keep a restrictive immigration order in place indefinitely--claiming to be a measure toward COVID-19 prevention--and could have lasting, catastrophic impacts on the United States’ asylum system.
PIH Names First Chief Gender and Social Equity Officer
Posted on Dec 17, 2021
Loune Viaud, who most recently served as executive director of Zanmi Lasante in Haiti, assumed her new role as PIH's first chief gender and social equity officer in September.
Hospitals Receive Burn Victims from Gas Tanker Explosion in Northern Haiti
Posted on Dec 16, 2021
Zanmi Lasante has received 13 burn victims at hospitals in Hinche and Mirebalais within the past 72 hours following a gas tanker explosion late Monday night in northern Haiti, which killed more than 70 people and injured dozens more.
‘The Hope That I Saw Was Overpowering’: Haitian Diaspora Share Reflections, Advice with PIH Community
Posted on Nov 24, 2021
Panelists discuss their shared fight of pushing for justice for Haitians around the world.
Research: Improving Breast Cancer Outcomes for Patients in Haiti
Posted on Oct 28, 2021
PIH clinicians assessed cancer care at HUM and published their findings in The Oncologist
HUM Clinician Reflects on Earthquake Response, Patient Care in Haiti
Posted on Oct 7, 2021
Following the devastating earthquake on Aug. 14, Zanmi Lasante, as Partners In Health is known locally, sent a medical team to affected areas in southern Haiti to strengthen the support for survivors. Meanwhile, at Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais—about 150 miles from the epicenter of the quake—clinicians simultaneously prepared to treat patients.
Haiti Earthquake Updates: PIH Clinicians Arrive for Trauma Support, Emergency Care
Posted on Sep 24, 2021
Regular updates from PIH's response to the Aug. 14 earthquake in southern Haiti.
Q&A: Neurology Fellowship in Haiti, Now Led by First-Ever Graduate, Continues to Evolve
Posted on Sep 15, 2021
When Dr. Aaron Berkowitz read Mountains Beyond Mountains during medical school, he quickly became interested in Partners In Health (PIH). But he wasn’t quite sure how a neurologist could get involved in global public health. So he reached out to PIH leaders, including Drs. Kerling Israel and Michelle Morse.
Emergency Medicine Graduate Among First Responders to Haiti Earthquake
Posted on Aug 31, 2021
Immediately after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, Dr. Dyemy Dumerjuste and his colleagues quickly assessed the situation from Port-au-Prince. And shortly after, he was on a helicopter, as part of the first team to evacuate survivors from the Nippes department, a devastated region in the South near the epicenter of the Aug. 14 earthquake.