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Care doesn’t end when a patient is discharged from a Partners In Health (PIH) facility. In many ways, it marks the beginning
Care doesn’t end when a patient is discharged from a Partners In Health (PIH) facility. In many ways, it marks the beginning
Johnson & Johnson pledges not to enforce bedaquiline patents, opening pathway for generic drug manufacturing Posted on Oct 27, 2023 Following Friday’s precedent-setting announcement that in low- and middle-income countries Johnson & Johnson will not enforce patents on bedaquiline, a key drug in the fight against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), Partners Read more…
PIH stands with sister organization, Zanmi Lasante, in strongly condemning the violent gang attack Posted on Sept 26, 2023 An armed gang opened fire inside the Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais, Haiti’s 350-bed teaching hospital, in the early hours of September 26, terrifying patients and staff and leaving the facility, including the Read more…
Community-based mental health services crucial for accountability, trust, and holistic recovery Posted on Sept 15, 2023 From 2010 to 2020, substance use increased by 26% across Mexico—but access to treatment has lagged. In rural areas like Jaltenango, a city in the mountainous Sierra Madre region of Chiapas, where Partners In Health works, Read more…
How this machine has become a critical tool in providing timely diagnoses to patients Posted on Sept 14, 2023 The GeneXpert is a machine that tests clinical samples to quickly identify infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB). As TB remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease, treatment and support rely first Read more…
CASITA program supports at-risk children, caregivers Posted on Aug 30, 2023 Henry Domingo Vilca used to be “cold and distant,” not expressing his feelings or connecting with his children emotionally. Now, the sight of his daughter running toward him, shouting “Papa!,” often brings him to tears. “She is my everything,” Read more…
More than 90% of community health workers in Peru are women. Delia Lunasco is among them. Posted on Aug 4, 2023 Cholera is often thought of as a 19th-century disease that spread around the world through travel and trade. But in low- and middle-income countries, especially in the wake of Read more…
More than 90% of community health workers in Peru are women. Delia Lunasco is among them. Posted on Aug 4, 2023 In March, a woman was killed every three days in Peru. Since January, the country has seen at least 51 cases of femicide. Gender-based violence is just one of the Read more…
Researchers discuss positive findings, importance of recently concluded TB trial Posted on Aug 3, 2023 Tuberculosis (TB) is preventable and treatable. Despite this, 1.6 million people died from the infectious disease in 2021—a majority of whom live in low- and middle-income countries. In an effort to reduce deaths and find safer, shorter Read more…
Mosquito-borne disease may have spread across the border from Dominican Republic Posted on Aug 3, 2023 University Hospital of Mirebalais (HUM) in Haiti recorded 40 cases of extreme fever over the weekend, with 11 confirmed cases of dengue fever so far, according to Dr. Christophe Millien, HUM’s chief medical officer. Read more…