Casa Materna uplifts model of respectful childbirth Posted on Nov 1, 2021 Years later, Estefanía Monterrosas still remembers the girl. How she came in the middle of the night. How she came alone. How she had crossed the border from Guatemala to Mexico with little more than identity documents, stating Read more…
PIH Liberia’s Daniel Maweu discusses the Nursing Center of Excellence Posted on Oct 28, 2021 Like many countries around the globe, Liberia has a shortage of nurses and midwives. In an effort to address this, Partners In Health (PIH) Liberia created the Nursing Center of Excellence in 2019 to recruit Read more…
Enrollment signals step forward in global effort to end tuberculosis Posted on Oct 25, 2021 In Lima, Peru, Gaby Merlin Contreras, a field technician with Socios En Salud, administers treatment to a patient living with XDR-TB as part of the endTB project in March 2016. (Photo by William Castro Rodríguez / Read more…
Former nurse shares her story receiving care at Butaro District Hospital in Rwanda Posted on Oct 21, 2021 Diane Mukawera was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer at the age of 42. As a practicing nurse, she was aware of the disease, but a discussion with a friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer is what she believes saved her life. She was among the first Read more…
All Babies Count reduced neonatal deaths by 35% in rural districts Posted on Oct 18, 2021 In Rwanda, “impinja ntizigapfe” captures a mother’s prayer—that no baby ever dies. The phrase is part of a folk song in Kinyarwanda, one of the country’s four official languages. And it inspired an innovative Read more…
Three-day training empowers nurses, prevents patient harm Posted on Oct 14, 2021 Mental disturbances from delirium are usually temporary, but they can be life-threatening—which is why it’s critical to recognize and diagnose the condition. At PIH-supported J.J. Dossen Memorial Hospital, 16 nurses recently received delirium and agitation training and are Read more…
PIH connects patient with treatment, care, and accompaniment over a months-long journey Posted on Oct 12, 2021 The headaches began in July 2019—but up until then, 15-year-old Emma* Gbonbor was living a healthy, happy life at home in Kono District, Sierra Leone. She and her twin sister, Kadie*, are the second youngest of seven siblings. Entering her second year of high school, Emma chose math Read more…
Patient living with schizophrenia receives care, restored to family through innovative partnership Posted on Oct 12, 2021 In 2019, Ma-Kebbeh (pseudonym) began to show signs of schizophrenia. She talked to herself, refused to eat, and experienced hallucinations. According to her, strange things were happening. “There was blood on the curtains Read more…
Dr. Plantin, among the first cohort of emergency medicine graduates, helped lead the response Posted on Oct 9, 2021 Following the devastating earthquake on Aug. 14, Zanmi Lasante, as Partners In Health is known locally, sent a medical team to affected areas in southern Haiti to strengthen the support for survivors. Meanwhile, at Read more…
PIH integrates psychological first aid into pandemic response Posted on Oct 8, 2021 Tuberculosis, one of the world’s most deadly diseases, kills nearly 4,000 people per day and has a daunting list of physical symptoms—coughing, chills, weight loss, night sweats. But lesser known are its effects on mental health. Studies have shown that tuberculosis Read more…