More than 90% of community health workers in Peru are women. Delia Lunasco is among them. Posted on Aug 4, 2023 Cholera is often thought of as a 19th-century disease that spread around the world through travel and trade. But in low- and middle-income countries, especially in the wake of 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…
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…
Weeklong campaign delivers single dose of vaccine, while care for the sick continues Originally posted on December 22, 2022 Health workers this week launched a new cholera vaccine campaign, hoping to slow, and ultimately end, the current outbreak that has quickly spread throughout Haiti. The weeklong campaign is led by Read more…
Treatment centers open amidst malnutrition, ongoing challenges Posted on December 21, 2022 As the latest cholera outbreak in Haiti continues, its impact is clear: children under 5 have been most affected. As of December 6, the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) reported 13,586 suspected cases of cholera, 11,670 Read more…
PIH Canada’s National Director, Mark Brender, spoke to the situation in Haiti at Canada’s Subcommittee on International Human Rights Posted on December 9, 2022 Today, the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development conducted a briefing on the current Read more…
With outbreaks in Haiti and beyond, PIH calls for increased production and distribution Posted on November 29, 2022 Cholera outbreaks in Haiti and around the world are worsening, triggered by droughts, floods, war, and political instability that have forced vulnerable people to live amidst unsanitary conditions. At Zanmi Lasante (ZL), PIH’s sister organization Read more…
Officials report deaths, hospitalizations as PIH team cares for patients Posted on October 13, 2022 This information was updated on October 17. A recent cholera outbreak in Haiti, announced by the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population earlier this month, is adding turmoil to the country’s escalating troubles, where gang Read more…
Zanmi Lasante ‘not going anywhere, committed to our mission.’ Posted on Oct 5, 2022 Current Situation Haiti has faced a steadily deteriorating security situation over the past 15 months, which has worsened dramatically in recent weeks. Gang violence, protests, roadblocks, damaged communications infrastructure, and fuel shortages pose grave operational and Read more…
Health workers give two-dose oral regimen to tens of thousands in Neno District Posted on Sept 26, 2022 In Malawi, where residents have endured cyclones and storms followed by a cholera outbreak over the past nine months, local health teams have completed a massive oral cholera vaccination campaign in the Read more…