Haiti very often has been the first country where Partners In Health operates to try a new course of action, whether it is a new HIV medication, TB protocol, or community health worker training. On March 20, this rang true once again. That morning was when Haiti’s Ministry of Health Read more…
For more than two decades, Partners In Health has treated and prevented tuberculosis (TB) and its severe, drug-resistant variants in some of the poorest and most vulnerable communities in the world. Our community-based approach to care has resulted in some of the highest cure rates and lowest treatment default rates ever recorded. Read more…
A panel of Partners In Health experts provided an update on the organization’s global plan for combatting the novel coronavirus and answered a broad range of questions from donors during a recent conference call. PIH CEO Dr. Sheila Davis; Dr. Joia Mukherjee, chief medical officer; Dr. Patrick Ulysse, chief of operations; and Dr. Read more…
Dr. KJ Seung has nearly two decades of experience in curbing the spread of infectious disease in countries around the world. He has been fighting tuberculosis with Partners In Health since 2001 and is a co-leader of the Expand New Drugs for TB partnership, or endTB, which spans 17 countries. As PIH Read more…
Dr. Giuseppe (Bepi) Raviola, director of mental health at Partners In Health, put together a list of key practices to maintain good mental and emotional health for those asked to stay at home and practice social distancing in efforts to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. As we enter this new Read more…
COVID-19 continues to spread around the world at an alarming rate, demanding global action to contain the spread and ensure that care is available for the most vulnerable. The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to improve efforts to contain the disease and protect health care workers, and notes Read more…
Dr. Paul Farmer told the news website Axios on Monday that the people most at risk for exposure to disease from the new coronavirus are those providing care, citing his experience with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa from 2014 to 2016. “Always remember the caregivers,” said Farmer, Partners In Health’s Read more…
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