In Mexico, PIH provides chronic care for hundreds of patients each year Posted on Dec 21, 2023 Carlos Vázquez is originally from Pequeñez, Chiapas. At 67 years old, he continues to work on his farm, where he grows coffee, corn, and beans a few meters from his home. He has Read more…
Saio Kamara proudly holds a yellow, pocket-sized paper and with a smile tells those around her: “This is my TB certificate.”
It’s more than just a piece of paper. It marks a major milestone: being cured of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The document includes details, such as her diagnosis, treatment type, and, most importantly, her completion date: March 31, 2022. It’s a day she’ll never forget.
Top media coverage and events highlight PIH’s impact in global health At Partners In Health, 2023 was a year of deepening our commitment to global health equity, from sustaining our care for millions of patients worldwide to advocating for policy change. From Haiti to Peru to Lesotho, we continued to accompany Read more…
Sustainability requirements for charitable organizations or local partners are more about funders’ unspoken needs for an exit strategy than a measure of smart project design. Toronto Star Op-Ed written by Mark Brender Originally published on the Toronto Star. Donors to international development initiatives often cite project sustainability as a key criterion in their Read more…
Clinical trial results presented for the first time today at the Union World Conference on Lung Health revealed evidence to support the use of four new, improved regimens to treat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB). The team—led by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Partners In Health (PIH), and Interactive Research and Development (IRD) and funded by Unitaid—formed the endTB consortium and began this Phase III randomized controlled trial in 2017.
Mobile clinics treat patients sooner, educate families on gender bias and nutrition Posted on Nov 17, 2023 Philistin Gloria’s parents were worried. Their 2-year-old child, the third of four, was refusing to eat, despite her thin frame, and her breathing had become labored. So Gloria’s father, a driver, and mother, Read more…
Before becoming ill, Kaizer Mahapa, 44, worked as a street vendor in Maseru, Lesotho, selling jewelry, snacks, and fruits at two roadside stalls; one uptown in Maseru and another in his own yard.
Mahapa, who grew up in rural Lesotho, was diagnosed with HIV in 2019. Two years later, he contracted tuberculosis. He’d never attended school, instead cared for the family’s animals. Mahapa was living with his daughter when he fell ill.
A new era of patient care has begun at Butaro Hospital.
After nearly two years of construction and renovation, Butaro Hospital has completed its expansion project, positioning it to offer improved care and services to the over 33,000 patients who seek treatment there each year.
‘Kangaroo’ care and intensive intervention allows low birthweight baby to thrive Posted on Nov 2, 2023 When Linda Depoyou, a 27-year-old mother of three, gave birth to her fourth child in July, he weighed only .6 kilograms, or 1.3 pounds. So, Depoyou and her newborn, Godsent Yeoh, were immediately transferred Read more…
Partners In Health has installed over 200 solar panels nationwide Posted on Oct 27, 2023 Ruth Vázquez once had to attend births by the light of a cell phone. Now, the Masisea resident can use the facility lights 24/7, thanks to solar panels installed by Socios En Salud, as Partners Read more…