Dr. Aaron Berkowitz, who helped develop the program, discusses his new book and the importance of Haitian-led training Posted on Sep 16, 2021 When Dr. Aaron Berkowitz read Mountains Beyond Mountains during medical school, he quickly became interested in Partners In Health (PIH). But he wasn’t quite sure how a neurologist could Read more…
Women among majority of students taking PIH program boosting literacy, support Posted on Sep 7, 2021 It’s almost 5 p.m. in rural Kono District, Sierra Leone, and the wind is picking up while dark clouds threaten rain. Still, though they have families to get home to, preferably before the downpour Read more…
Team helps patients manage depression through ongoing care, support Posted on Sep 7, 2021 Content warning: This story contains brief, general mention of suicidal ideation. The taxis are gone, again. But it isn’t the first time that Gábriel* has shown up to an empty lot. As one of the dozens Read more…
Listening to rural communities is essential to building trust Posted on Sep 1, 2021 At the end of 2020, after almost a year of uncertainty, social isolation, and anxiety, a glimmer of hope appeared: the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in Mexico. By August, 17% of Mexicans had been fully vaccinated, Read more…
Third wave concentrated among the young, unvaccinated Posted on Aug 31, 2021 Just months ago, COVID-19 cases were down in Chiapas, and the majority of patients were those considered highest-risk, such as the elderly. But now, as the third wave of the pandemic sweeps across Mexico and its mountainous southern Read more…
Handful of former medical residents respond in the South, more on their way Posted on Aug 31, 2021 Immediately after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, Dr. Dyemy Dumerjuste and his colleagues quickly assessed the situation from Port-au-Prince. And shortly after, he was on a helicopter, as part of the first Read more…
PIH supporting country’s first mental health unit for children and adolescents Posted on Aug 27, 2021 On a cloudy July morning on the lush green outskirts of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Dr. Elizabeth Allieu stands in front of a classroom of preteen and teen girls, encouragingly telling them that there are no wrong answers to the question Read more…
Proper treatment of broken bones, wounds, “crush injuries” means life or death for survivors Posted on Aug 21, 2021 The ticking clock of emergency care, and what it can mean for patients’ lives, is on the minds of every Partners In Health clinician caring for survivors of the devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Read more…
Aug. 14 earthquake damage staggering; many families in need of food, water, shelter Posted on Aug 20, 2021 Dr. Michelson Padovany, a surgeon for Partners In Health in Haiti, said he saw suffering families, collapsed buildings, and debris-filled roads everywhere he went on the country’s southern peninsula this week, visiting Read more…
At least 30 people transferred so far, many with orthopedic injuries, after last Saturday’s disaster on Haiti’s southern peninsula Posted on Aug 19, 2021 Trauma patients from last Saturday’s earthquake in southern Haiti are now receiving care at Partners In Health’s University Hospital in Mirebalais (HUM), a world-class facility that Read more…