A new neonatal ward allowed Naphtal to survive—and give others hope Posted on January 19, 2020 Fourteen weeks ahead of his due date, Naphtal was unexpectedly delivered on a rural farm on the edge of Kono District, Sierra Leone, miles away from any health facility. He and his mother, who Read more…
Explore the patient-centred, innovative design of the future MCOE Posted on January 19, 2020 In 2017, facing Sierra Leone’s long-standing maternal health crisis, Partners In Health leaders sat in a conference room in Kono District—statistically one of the most dangerous places to give birth in the world—and dreamed big: What Read more…
Why PIHer Armah Quist started a feminist organization for young girls, women in Sierra Leone Armah Quist, 30, is a multidrug-resistant tuberculosis program officer at Partners In Health-supported Lakka Government Hospital, Sierra Leone’s only dedicated tuberculosis hospital and the country’s first facility to provide care for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, located on the Read more…
Around the world, staff behind the wheel handle responsibilities that extend far beyond transporting patients If the sun is rising at a Partners In Health location and you want to know what’s planned for the day, a good place to visit is the transportation office. That’s where drivers and vehicle Read more…
Q&A with Dr. Carole Mitnick, PIH’s co-principal investigator of endTB project Tuberculosis is the most deadly infectious disease, killing more than 1.4 million people globally, most of them in resource-poor countries. Some forms of the disease are resistant to treatment and therefore can’t be cured using standard drugs. These multidrug Read more…
Integrating care for HIV and non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and mental illness is making treatment more accessible and effective in Neno District Bringing patients for hypertension, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases under one roof for treatment that’s intertwined with HIV care is significantly improving outcomes in rural Malawi, a Read more…
The centres offer contraception methods to prevent unplanned pregnancies and STIs, individual counselling sessions, and social support Over the past two years, 20-year-old Comfort Cheebo has never missed an appointment for her birth control shots, which are injected every three months. That’s because she doesn’t want an unplanned pregnancy to Read more…
From homes to hospitals, on rough roads and steep slopes, from capitals to rural communities, these moments in time give a glimpse of how PIHers around the world joined together this year to respond to COVID-19, continue lifesaving services across all of our health care areas, and show that health is a human right Read more…
A list of our 14 favourite press moments from the past year There was no shortage of work for Partners In Health (PIH) in 2020 and headlines captured that well. From CNN to Forbes to CBC and beyond, leading North American news outlets featured PIH’s efforts to stop COVID-19 and deliver Read more…
Lesotho health leaders said the country’s first medical oxygen plant is a landmark for building a stronger health system during COVID-19 and beyond A new oxygen plant installed at Partners In Health supported Botšabelo Hospital is the first such facility in Lesotho and will save lives during the respiratory COVID-19 pandemic Read more…
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