COVID-19 RESPONSE: Please help us act quickly to enable safe testing, provide high quality care, perform critical contact tracing, and support our public sector government partners in a time of urgent need.
We have been here before.
From our experience with cholera, Ebola, HIV and tuberculosis, we know that COVID-19 will disproportionately affect the most vulnerable—the very patients that Partners In Health serves. We also know that facility and community-based solutions can minimize the death toll of epidemics and help to contain the spread of disease.
We know how to respond.
The best response is through a strong health system—one that has the necessary staff, stuff, space, systems and social support in place to be able to prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease.
Community health workers (CHWs), who make up the majority of PIH’s staff world-wide, are strategically placed to educate the population about a new disease, perform active case finding, accompany those who are ill to health facilities, and support those who are not ill but need to remain isolated at home through targeted social support.
Please help our efforts by making a donation today.
This fight will be long, but PIH has a plan.
PIH is mobilizing to support some of the most at-risk people around the world to:
- contain and control the spread of the virus,
- ensure that patients are provided with dignified care, and
- demonstrate to the world what aggressive action in vulnerable settings can achieve.
Read more about COVID-19
Dr. Paul Farmer
Partners In Health’s Co-founder and Chief Strategist
‘Remember the Caregivers’ Amid Coronavirus Response”
Dr. Farmer discusses how COVID-19 could strain capacity in intensive care units, particularly in rural or low-resource settings around the world.
Dr. Sheila Davis
Chief Executive Officer of Partners In Health
Care Must Be Key to Defeating Coronavirus Globally
Dr. Megan Murray
Director of Research at Partners In Health
Harvard Professor Issues FAQ on Coronavirus