PIH United States News
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Our Most-Read, Watched, and Shared Posts of 2022
Our top blog stories, social posts, and videos covered the legacy of Dr. Paul Farmer, emergency response, and more
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PIH Celebrates Ruling that Strikes Down an Order Blocking Asylum Seekers
U.S. federal court calls "illegal" Title 42, which unjustly expelled migrants--including many Haitians--at the United States-Mexico border for the past two years under the false pretense of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
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Yesenia Cuello: Protecting The Rights Of Farmworkers
Yesenia Cuello is the executive director of NC Field, a community-based organization that supports North Carolina’s farmworker community and a partner to PIH-US, the U.S. arm of Partners In Health focused on accompanying local leaders to build strong, community-led health systems.
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What You Need to Know about the Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act includes key provisions that will make health care more affordable in the United States, which PIH applauds and has advocated strongly for over the past year.
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Op-Ed: While U.S. Moves on from COVID-19, Local Leaders 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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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.