Zanmi Lasante physician raises standards for crucial oxygen delivery to patients Posted on November 7, 2022 To truly understand Dr. Benoucheca Pierre, it’s worth recounting her recent travels to Madagascar, where she lead physicians creating new national standards for delivering medical oxygen to patients. In July, Pierre, chief of Read more…
Yesenia Cuello discusses her organization’s COVID-19 response and the challenges farmworkers in North Carolina continue to face. Posted on Aug 30, 2022 Originally from California, Yesenia Cuello moved to North Carolina with her family when she was five years old. As a child, she and her sisters joined their mother Read more…
PIH’s co-lead psychiatrist on the challenges, progress, and work yet to be done in mental health care globally Posted on May 25, 2022 Dr. Giuseppe (Bepi) Raviola, co-director of mental health at Partners In Health, writes this reflection as the world settles into a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Read more…
Variants show dangers of ignoring vaccine equity Posted on May 25, 2022 As mask mandates lifted in April, many celebrated—some of them, mid-flight. Others watched in horror. For some, the moment marked a long-awaited return to “normal.” But for others, including millions of people living with chronic illnesses and millions Read more…
Centers will tackle the oxygen gap Posted on May 9, 2022 As COVID-19 cases surged across Peru in early 2021, many people had no choice but to stand in line for hours on the streets of Lima, even as they or their loved ones struggled to breathe. They weren’t lining up for Read more…
PIH Lesotho’s Drs. Melino Ndayizigiye and Afom Andom discuss the successes and challenges to reach universal health coverage Posted on April 26, 2022 In 2014, a health reform model was piloted in four districts in Lesotho. Now, it’s present nationwide. The decision to expand to all ten districts was due to many Read more…
PIH Canada among Canadian organizations pushing for better TRIPS waiver Posted on March 25, 2022 In Sierra Leone’s Kono District, a MOH nurse who works in the female surgical ward at PIH-supported Koidu Government Hospital administered vaccines during a nationwide campaign in March 2021. (Photo by Maya Brownstein for PIH) Read more…
Low vaccination rates due to global health inequities Posted on Feb 17, 2022 As AIDS surged worldwide in the 1990s, the most effective treatments were made available in the United States and Western Europe within months of their regulatory approval. But those same treatments took years to reach Africa. Without Read more…
PIH experts debunk myths about the newest COVID-19 variant and the power of global vaccination Posted on Jan 27, 2022 The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is driving caseloads to record highs and filling hospitals to capacity. With over 300 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide and more than 5.5 million Read more…
PIH and partners install oxygen plant in Trujillo Posted on Jan 27, 2022 Thousands of vulnerable patients are about to breathe easier, thanks to a new oxygen plant installed by Socios En Salud and partners earlier this month. More than 36,000 people requiring medical oxygen in the La Libertad region Read more…