Community-level workers are trusted neighbours, advocates Posted on April 17, 2023 In Haiti, they are known as accompagnateurs. In Peru, they are agentes comunitarios. In Mexico, they are acompañantes. Around the world, they are known as community health workers, and they form the backbone of Partners In Health. PIH has Read more…
Acute stress disorder screenings, psychological first aid delivered Posted on April 10, 2023 The team in Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (APZU), as PIH is known in Malawi, is deep into an emergency response after Cyclone Freddy devastated parts of the country, leaving death, injury, and displacement in its wake. According to Dr. Read more…
PIH pilot guides government’s new nationwide strategy Posted on April 10, 2023 When the national community health worker program launched in Liberia in 2016, the Ministry of Health prioritized patients living more than five kilometers from the nearest health facility–about 29% of the population. In an effort to reach more Read more…
Babies are born, injuries are treated as patients brave gang violence to reach facility Posted on April 10, 2023 While gang violence and insecurity continue across many parts of Haiti, behind the doors of select hospitals and clinics, life goes on: Babies are born, wounds are tended, chronic illness is treated. At facilities Read more…
A perilous cholera outbreak in remote community leads to medical outreach, care, and support Posted on April 10, 2023 Since October 2022, Haiti has faced escalating violence, gang wars, scarcity of gasoline and political unrest. On top of that, there’s been a nationwide cholera epidemic with more than 26,000 suspected cases Read more…
PIH emergency response team called to support hard-hit regions Posted on March 27, 2023 As a record-breaking storm winds down after battering Malawi and neighboring nations, Partners In Health’s emergency response team is tending to patients with medical assistance and other emergency support. Cyclone Freddy hit Southern Malawi on March Read more…
PIH care transforms lives, careers Posted on March 27, 2023 In the rural community of Rwinkwavu, in eastern Rwanda, Jean Claude “Gatoto” Rutayisire spends his days managing care for patients living with non-communicable diseases—making sure they have a community health worker assigned to their case and access to free medical Read more…
Outbreaks have scientists on alert, but risk to the public is low Posted on March 27, 2023 Farmers and families aren’t the only ones keeping an eye on chickens. Global health experts, too, are closely watching the bird. That’s because of a variant of avian flu, also known as “bird Read more…
Hospitals face challenges treating patients; manager deploys a mule to transport fuel Posted on March 27, 2023 “We are practicing war medicine.” That’s an analysis of the current situation in Haiti from Dr. Ralph Blondel Charles, a regional director with Zanmi Lasante (ZL), as Partners In Health is known in Read more…
PIH patient receives comprehensive tuberculosis care, treatment Posted on March 24, 2023 Viola Wleh thought she had a common cold, but her diagnosis was more serious: multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The infectious disease can be deadly—especially the drug-resistant type—so patients should receive care immediately. Unfortunately, there was no treatment for MDR-TB Read more…