PIH United States News
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Op-Ed: While The Nation Moves On From COVID-19, Local Public Health And Community Leaders Are Left To Pick Up The Slack
In the absence of a cohesive and comprehensive federal plan, local health departments, community-based organizations, and others across the country are stepping up to assume the responsibility of accompanying their communities through this new phase of COVID-19, just as they have throughout the entire pandemic.
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PIH Leaders Oppose Catastrophic U.S. Bill Blocking Asylum Seekers
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.
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In Pima County, Arizona, Libraries Offer More Than Books
From food boxes to COVID-19 test kits, libraries provide health services to the community.
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Giving County Health Leaders the Right Data to Boost COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
Leveraging granular data to improve COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Pima County, Arizona.
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Community Health Workers Fill a Crucial Gap in the U.S Public Health Workforce
PIH helps bolster equity-centered public health systems by supporting community health workers, from those who revolutionized care for HIV/AIDS and TB patients in Haiti to those providing social support across the United States.
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Advancing Antiracist Efforts to Improve an Unequal Health System
In a Boston Globe op-ed, Partners In Health leaders support antiracist efforts by colleagues seeking greater equity in medical care.
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NPR Interview: Katie Bollbach Discusses Creating A More Equitable Public Health System
Katie Bollbach speaks with NPR about what the U.S. public health system can learn from best practices in low-income countries, and the challenges of doing this work in America.
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The Push Toward Health Equity in New Bedford, a City of Immigrants
Beyond the pandemic, PIH-US is partnering with New Bedford and local community organizations to establish a broader health equity agenda in this culturally diverse city that has weathered decades of economic and demographic shifts.
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Why PIH-US Cares About the Build Back Better Act, And Why You Should Too
While the Senate debates the terms and details of the Build Back Better Act, it’s worth remembering that taken as a whole, many of the legislation’s provisions would transform public health, maternal health, and long-term care for millions of people across the nation.
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Addressing Food Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Across the U.S., as people were forced to isolate, quarantine, or care for a relative sick with COVID-19, food assistance became essential. PIH-US worked with partners across the country to connect patients and families with food and strenghten connections to social support.
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Three Ways Health Programs Reflect Diné Culture on Navajo Nation
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we're highlighting three ways COPE health programs reflect Navajo culture, language, and traditional teaching.
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RECOVER Project to Expand Access to COVID-19 Vaccination in U.S.
With a grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, PIH-US is investing in community-based organizations to help more people in hard-hit communities get vaccinated.
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Our Partners In The News: Monumental Women, Vaccines for Farmworkers, Accompaniment in Action
Work in support of partners across the U.S. continues with a focus on equity, access, and accompaniment.
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Chicagoland Community Groups Focus on Neighborhoods to Increase Vaccination
With winter on the horizon and vaccination rates hovering around 50% in Chicago's Black and Latinx populations, the Chicagoland Vaccine Partnership took a unique approach to awarding grants to a range of community-based organizations.
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Partners In Health Formalizes Long-Term Commitment to Health Equity Work in United States
What began as a time-bound initiative in response to a spiraling public health crisis has now catalyzed a long-term commitment to reimagining community health systems in the U.S. -- a fundamental component of PIH’s global mission to realizing health as a human right.
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Our Partners in the News: From Boosting Vaccination Rates to Supporting Community Organizations
While much of the nation is struggling to increase vaccination rates, Newark, NJ scored a big win recently, nearly doubling its youth vaccination rate in two months, according to an article in NJspotlight.com.
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Chicagoland Vaccine Partnership Brings Vital Health Services, and Trust, to Neighborhoods
The Chicagoland Vaccine Partnership brings together community-based organizations, public health experts, government officials, and philanthropists to focus on closing stark health equity gaps that have become more apparent during the pandemic.
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How a ‘Little’ Modeling Tool Made a Big Difference Building a COVID-19 Response Workforce
Dr. John Welch faced a hiring challenge. It was April 2020, and the director of Partners In Health’s COVID-19 response in Massachusetts was on a tight deadline to determine how many people would be needed to launch an ambitious, statewide contact tracing workforce to help bring the newly raging pandemic under control.
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In Massachusetts, Strengthening Health Systems Is Key to Curbing Pandemic
The Community Tracing Collaborative, PIH's contact tracing initiative with the Commonwealth and local boards of health, has helped hundreds of communities navigate a fast-moving pandemic—and local health liaisons were key to that partnership.
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Anatomy of a Cape Cod Outbreak: How PIH’s Epidemic Intelligence Unit Supported a Major Public Health Investigation
A major COVID-19 cluster in Cape Cod was identified thanks to partnership between Massachusetts health officials and the PIH-supported Epidemic Intelligence Unit, leading to further clarity on the high transmission of the Delta variant and revised CDC guidelines on masking for vaccinated individuals.