The mUzima app will streamline patient data, improve care delivery Posted on March 9, 2023 On a sunny Wednesday morning, women of varying ages wait outside of a room tucked in a corner of Butaro Health Center. Each woman is here for a breast cancer or cervical cancer screening. Inside Read more…
The multi-year project will improve access to quality cancer care, other specialized care Posted on Aug 8, 2022 On the grounds of Butaro District Hospital, a four-story building is rising rapidly. The construction is phase one of Partners In Health’s multi-year expansion project, launched in December 2021. And it seeks to widen Read more…
With more clinical options, women gain access to free, lifesaving care Posted on June 1, 2022 Shortly after Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in July 2021, Belennda Joseph noticed an odd discharge leaking from her vagina. At first, she thought it was stress: the country had descended into turmoil, violence escalated, Read more…
New research highlights innovation, and partnership to ensure chronic care Posted on May 9, 2022 Just days after the first COVID-19 case was detected in Rwanda, the government suspended all international commercial flights and instituted a national lockdown. At Inshuti Mu Buzima, as Partners In Health is known locally, staff Read more…
Photographers share thoughts about moments shared with patients, staff around the world Posted on Dec 28, 2021 So much of the work goes unheralded, unseen. In a newly modernized Rwandan hospital, a mother spoon-feeds her son, sharing a laugh to distract him from the pain of cancer treatments. A community Read more…
Nurse training program shares expertise in cancer care through cross-site collaboration Posted on Nov 27, 2021 In 2014, when the Ebola outbreak was declared in Liberia and other West African countries, people were warned that the disease was devouring everything in its path. For many, it seemed like madness to stand against such a lethal Read more…
Patient becomes advocate in diabetes management in rural Liberia Posted on Nov 19, 2021 Tina Thomas was first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 26 after months of feeling unwell. She had lost weight, was urinating frequently, drinking water, and sometimes eating excessively. “My complexion changed and people kept Read more…
Earlier detection, diagnosis, and treatment can save lives Posted on Nov 4, 2021 In Haiti, breast cancer is the most common form of the disease among women, as it is worldwide. But there’s a key difference: a higher percentage of women will die from breast cancer in the Caribbean nation 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…
PIH provides medical care, accompaniment to the elderly, the chronically ill Posted on February 17, 2021 Every day, Delia Zevallos picks up the phone and dials the same number. After a few rings, a voice answers—it’s her patient, an elderly man who lives alone in Carabayllo, an impoverished community 20 Read more…