Despite Kazakhstan’s nationwide lockdown that began in March to contain COVID-19, Partners In Health clinicians have continued to examine and provide treatment—in person and online—for tuberculosis patients enrolled in a groundbreaking clinical trial. Clinicians have had to communicate regularly with police to cross checkpoints and have used their own vehicles Read more…
Partners In Health in Lesotho received a United Nations award on Thursday, September 3rd for its community-based COVID-19 program, with special recognition of PIH’s work to reach people and families in remote, mountainous regions of the country in southern Africa. The recognition came from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Read more…
A newly published study with several Partners In Health co-authors showed strong results for using new drugs and shorter treatment regimens to fight severe tuberculosis (TB), adding to the case for faster rollout of the drugs and creating data that already has influenced World Health Organization treatment guidelines, a lead PIH researcher Read more…
This article was written by PIH Canada volunteer Leah Rosenkrantz, a member of the PIH Canada Spark Steering Committee. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have grown to over 20 million globally, overwhelming health care systems in some of the world’s wealthiest countries. Predictably, the situation is even more challenging in low- Read more…
The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), a Partners In Health initiative in northern Rwanda, will graduate 28 students Sunday from its flagship master’s in science for global health delivery (MGHD) program. This year’s virtual graduation ceremony will award degrees to UGHE’s fifth cohort since the university opened in 2015. Despite Read more…
At the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), a Partners In Health initiative in northern Rwanda, the graduating class of master’s students have had a memorable year. Despite a time of global uncertainty, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented new learning opportunities through UGHE’s quality online teaching, offered a new dimension to health curricula, and Read more…
Robert-Lee Dahn’s successful stay in a precautionary observation center for COVID-19 in Maryland County, Liberia, has enabled him to safely reunite with his family, rejoin his community, and improve local perceptions about quarantining during the pandemic. Dahn, 43, is a regular volunteer in the non-communicable disease clinic at J.J. Dossen Read more…
In Neno District, Malawi, district health records from 2019 showed zero cases of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). But no one working in health care in the rural, mountainous district believed that to be true. And when staff for Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo, as Partners In Health is known in Malawi, Read more…
“Limitless,” said Nurse-Midwife Isata Dumbuya, describing the access she had to blood as a clinician working for the United Kingdom’s National Health Service. “As many units as you needed would be available at the drop of a hat. “It’s a real life-changer in the maternity unit,” she continued. “When a Read more…
Thousands of women and girls served by Partners In Health in Sierra Leone and Malawi will be empowered to access gender-responsive health services and realize their right to health through support from Global Affairs Canada. The five-year, $12-million project with PIH Canada, launched in 2019 and running until 2024, will Read more…