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Decades of Progress at Risk: U.S. Aid Cuts Threaten Haiti’s Healthcare

March 27, 2025

U.S. funding cuts threaten Haiti’s health system, risking lifesaving HIV treatment for thousands. Zanmi Lasante urges action to protect decades of progress.

Dr. Lambert on a visit to the Zanmi Lasante-supported Cerca-La-Source Health Center in Haiti in January 2025. Photo by Thierry Bozile / PIH

On Human Rights Day, a Renewed Call for Vaccine Equity as a Human Right

Supporters of the People’s Vaccine participate in a rally for global solidarity against vaccine apartheid.

December 10, 2021

Canada must do better in standing up for vaccine access for all

PIH Canada Celebrating 10 Years

As PIH Canada enters our second decade, it’s gratifying to look back to see how far we have come. We’re humbled by the more than $22-million mobilized by PIH Canada’s supporters and partners in the past ten years, and the countless lives that have been transformed as a result. Here are some of the ways we have put your generosity to work.

November 22, 2021

PIH Canada reflects on the past decade.

Why Canada must support a temporary waiver of IP during the COVID-19 crisis

Nurse Sylvia Y. Kamara prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at PIH-supported Koidu Government Hospital, the vaccination site for Kono District in Sierra Leone.

May 6, 2021

Partners In Health and Results Canada urge Canada to support the TRIPS waiver, enabling global vaccine production and equitable COVID-19 response.

Tapestry 2030 Podcast – No Woman or Girl Left Behind

No Woman or Girl Left Behind in Malawi & Sierra Leone

March 4, 2021

PIH leaders discuss the ‘No Woman or Girl Left Behind’ project and its impact on women’s health in Sierra Leone and Malawi on the Tapestry 2030 podcast.

For global solidarity, Canada must support TRIPS waiver

As part of COVID-19 screening and education efforts, a community health worker meets with a patient in Sierra Leone.

February 2, 2021

Removing IP barriers for COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics the right step for human rights and stopping the pandemic.

Boosting Support for Survivors of Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Two women rest at Neno District Hospital’s maternal waiting home.

August 6, 2020

Partners In Health’s “No Woman or Girl Left Behind” program in Malawi improves support for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence by enhancing reporting, medical care, and legal aid.

Global Affairs Canada partnership elevates health and rights of women and girls in Sierra Leone and Malawi

APZU Community Health Worker Grace Mgaiwa (right) walks with Eliza Kazembe (left) during a maternal health home visit near PIH-supported Lisungwi Community Hospital in Neno District, Malawi. Eliza said her health at nine months was good and she was excited to give birth, but joked that it felt like she had been due “forever.” She planned to go to the maternal waiting home at Lisungwi Community Hospital in about a week, to await delivery.

July 23, 2020

Global Affairs Canada supports PIH’s $12M project to improve sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in Sierra Leone and Malawi.

The Rise of a Lifesaving Blood Bank in Sierra Leone

The revitalized blood bank at Koidu Government Hospital in Kono District, Sierra Leone.

June 11, 2020

PIH revitalized Koidu Government Hospital’s blood bank in Sierra Leone, enhancing infrastructure, training, and community blood drives, ensuring safe transfusions and saving countless lives.