PIH improves access to chronic disease care Posted on December 21, 2022 It started with thirst. Then came cramps. Then, hallucinations. That’s when Meysi Mendoza knew something was wrong. The 53-year-old resident of Carabayllo, a district in northern Lima, had been feeling fine until then, selling fish, plantains, and aguaje, 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…
This year’s global recognition of diabetes care has a theme – “Nurses Make the Difference” – that rings incredibly true for PIH’s growing non-communicable disease programs Gedeon Ngoga said several global factors—the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report on health inequities, and World Diabetes Day, which is Saturday—all have a common Read more…
Sofiya Simoni said it took a lot of legwork to figure out why her son Kerefasi was suffering from fevers, stomachaches, and vomiting. Now 14 and in sixth grade, Kerefasi Wiliyamu began feeling those symptoms several years ago. He and his mother live in Masinde Village in southern Malawi, near Read more…
Most mornings on his way to work in Harper, Liberia, Dr. Jacquelin Pierre says he is met with a beautiful sight. As he climbs the hill above the ocean, sunlight glinting off the waves, a group of runners wearing brightly coloured workout gear greets him. “Hey Doc,” they yell out, smiling Read more…
Photos by Leslie Friday / Partners In Health Community health worker Eudeli Velasquez at her husband’s family home in Reforma, Mexico. It’s not yet noon in Reforma, Chiapas, and the sun sizzles the empty dirt roads crisscrossing this small rural town in the Sierra Madre mountains. Those who venture outside Read more…