Staff provide continuous care through unrest, hurricanes, COVID-19 Posted on Jul 16, 2021 More than a week after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and the wounding of First Lady Martine Moïse, Zanmi Lasante facilities remain open, as they have through years of political and civil unrest, devastating hurricanes, and Read more…
Highly contagious variants continue to spread, with limited global access to vaccines Posted on Jul 4, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over yet. Although some businesses have re-opened and restrictions have loosened in Canada, the United States, and Europe, a third wave of COVID-19 infections is affecting countries around the Read more…
Patient faced pandemic, chronic disease, food and housing insecurity Posted on Jun 28, 2021 For weeks, Félix Melgar could do nothing but wait, feeling trapped in his modest home in Carabayllo. COVID-19 wasn’t the only challenge he was up against. There was the epilepsy. The empty pill bottles. The seizures. Read more…
Lockdowns, national export bans, global surges in demand, shipping woes and flight delays are just some of the challenges PIH teams have faced over the past year, to provide lifesaving support to patients and health systems Posted on May 25, 2021 When Partners In Health opened a new oxygen plant Read more…
On April 30, Partners In Health Canada and Results Canada submitted a joint brief to the Canada Standing Committee on International Trade: Selected Considerations Concerning Covid-19 Vaccines. The brief argues in favour of Canada supporting the TRIPS waiver currently under consideration at the World Trade Organization. The waiver would remove Read more…
Nurses as essential workers confronting COVID-19, and life’s everyday emergencies Posted on May 6, 2021 In honour of National Nurses Week, the following essay was co-authored by Partners In Health CEO Dr. Sheila Davis; Cory McMahon, deputy chief nursing officer; and Judy Khanyola, chair of nursing and midwifery at the University of Read more…
Death toll reveals deep racial injustice in America’s health care, housing, employment systems Posted on May 4, 2021 The following op-ed was written by Dr. Joia Mukherjee, Partners In Health’s chief medical officer, who is helping lead the organization’s efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the United States, through Read more…
In The Lancet Global Health: Community health workers key to contact tracing Posted on May 4, 2021 In much of the world, contact tracers pick up the phone. But in places like Chiapas, Mexico, they knock on doors. That’s because phone and internet service are hard to come by in Mexico’s Read more…
Chatbots improve access to variety of care amid COVID-19 Posted May 5, 2021 As a young mother faced with parenting during a pandemic, Sol Prieto worried about her 9-month-old and whether he was hitting all the milestones in child development. They spent all day at their house in Carabayllo, Peru. Read more…
COVID-19 pandemic reveals scarcity in resources to maintain good hygiene, health Posted April 22, 2021 At Partners In Health, Earth Day is a moment to reflect on the intersection of climate change and global health, in that those most affected by natural disasters and disease are often marginalized communities. That’s why Read more…
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