On April 30, Partners In Health Canada and Results Canada submitted a joint brief to the Canada Standing Committee on International Trade: Selected Considerations Concerning Covid-19 Vaccines. The brief argues in favour of Canada supporting the TRIPS waiver currently under consideration at the World Trade Organization. The waiver would remove Read more…
Nurses as essential workers confronting COVID-19, and life’s everyday emergencies Posted on May 6, 2021 In honour of National Nurses Week, the following essay was co-authored by Partners In Health CEO Dr. Sheila Davis; Cory McMahon, deputy chief nursing officer; and Judy Khanyola, chair of nursing and midwifery at the University of Read more…
Death toll reveals deep racial injustice in America’s health care, housing, employment systems Posted on May 4, 2021 The following op-ed was written by Dr. Joia Mukherjee, Partners In Health’s chief medical officer, who is helping lead the organization’s efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the United States, through Read more…
In The Lancet Global Health: Community health workers key to contact tracing Posted on May 4, 2021 In much of the world, contact tracers pick up the phone. But in places like Chiapas, Mexico, they knock on doors. That’s because phone and internet service are hard to come by in Mexico’s Read more…
Chatbots improve access to variety of care amid COVID-19 Posted May 5, 2021 As a young mother faced with parenting during a pandemic, Sol Prieto worried about her 9-month-old and whether he was hitting all the milestones in child development. They spent all day at their house in Carabayllo, Peru. Read more…
New facility will be hub for expanded care, specialized services, and clinical training Posted April 23, 2021 The morning of April 23 marked a turning point for women and their families in Kono District, Sierra Leone, as Partners In Health (PIH) and Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health & Sanitation officially broke Read more…
COVID-19 pandemic reveals scarcity in resources to maintain good hygiene, health Posted April 22, 2021 At Partners In Health, Earth Day is a moment to reflect on the intersection of climate change and global health, in that those most affected by natural disasters and disease are often marginalized communities. That’s why Read more…
Three months in, dozens of countries yet to receive a single dose Posted April 5, 2021 More than three months ago, COVID-19 vaccines began to roll out and a 91-year-old woman in the United Kingdom became the first person—outside of a clinical trial—to receive a vaccine. Six days later, a nurse in New Read more…
PIH doctor reflects on challenges, setbacks, and silver linings for health systems Posted on April 5, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted care and services for people living with tuberculosis—until recently the world’s deadliest infectious disease—draining or diverting resources and potentially costing hundreds of thousands of lives that could have Read more…
Fighting two of the world’s deadliest diseases, PIH Lesotho’s Maseru facility is boosting vital infrastructure and conducting outreach across the country Posted April 3, 2021 Partners In Health and Lesotho’s Ministry of Health marked World TB Day with two distinct actions: conducting community tuberculosis screenings in rugged Buta-Buthe District, one of the Read more…
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