“North Star” enshrines Farmer’s vision for global health equity, a precursor to future legislation Posted on Sept 20, 2022 A new coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives today introduced a resolution honoring the life and work of Partners In Health Co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer with an ambitious roadmap to end medically avertable deaths and realize global Read more…
$200M scholarship fund forms centerpiece of commitment toward medical education and research in Africa Posted on Sept 19, 2022 Partners In Health established a $200 million scholarship fund that will support University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) students in Rwanda for more than two decades, launched by a transformative $50 million gift Read more…
PIH hires pediatricians to serve rural communities, fill unmet need Posted on Sept 16, 2022 Dr. Zulema García and Dr. Azucena Espinosa have been pediatricians with Partners In Health since April. But their history in Chiapas dates back many years. Espinosa arrived in the rural, coffee-growing Sierra Madre region Read more…
PIH reinforces electricity at J.J. Dossen Memorial Hospital to enhance safety and quality of care Posted on Sept 12, 2022 Electricity is non-negotiable. Yet it is simply not a reality at health centers, clinics, and hospitals around the world for a variety of reasons, principally due to years of disinvestment Read more…
Yesenia Cuello discusses her organization’s COVID-19 response and the challenges farmworkers in North Carolina continue to face. Posted on Aug 30, 2022 Originally from California, Yesenia Cuello moved to North Carolina with her family when she was five years old. As a child, she and her sisters joined their mother Read more…
Follow oxygen’s path from production, through delivery, and to a patient’s bedside Posted on Aug 24, 2022 Oxygen is one of many critical building blocks of a functional and equitable health system—like running water and 24-hour power. Yet most medical facilities in low- and middle-income countries lack access to this Read more…
CASITA program helps children with developmental delays Posted on Aug 23, 2022 Hugs and kisses weren’t always part of Carmen Dávalos’ daily routine with her daughter. But now, the 35-year-old mother takes every opportunity she can to shower her daughter, Yeretzy, with affection. No one had ever taught Dávalos, who Read more…
Teams provided emergency care, support, and long-term solutions alongside partners Posted on Aug 14, 2022 One year ago, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck 80 miles west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, leaving more than 2,200 people dead, 1,800 injured, and hundreds of families displaced. Authorities reported that 97 health centers Read more…
Luck and a team of determined clinicians saved James Fatoma’s life Posted on Aug 8, 2022 James Fatoma moved to Kono District, Sierra Leone, when he was in high school—and from his teens through his early 30s, had only been to the doctor once. That checkup was five or six Read more…
PIH infectious disease expert on lessons learned, access, and equity around virus Posted on Aug 8, 2022 Dr. Marta Lado still remembers the early days of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone—how patients needlessly died of the disease and suffered stigma, discrimination, and lack of access to lifesaving medical care. Read more…