Dr. Plantin, among the first cohort of emergency medicine graduates, helped lead the response Posted on Oct 9, 2021 Following the devastating earthquake on Aug. 14, Zanmi Lasante, as Partners In Health is known locally, sent a medical team to affected areas in southern Haiti to strengthen the support for survivors. Meanwhile, at Read more…
Zanmi Lasante deploy clinicians to hard-hit areas, support supply shipments in response to Aug. 14 earthquake Posted on Sep 24, 2021 This page will be updated regularly. September 24 Now more than a month past the August 14 earthquake, Partners In Health (PIH) is transitioning from emergency response to recovery Read more…
Proper treatment of broken bones, wounds, “crush injuries” means life or death for survivors Posted on Aug 21, 2021 The ticking clock of emergency care, and what it can mean for patients’ lives, is on the minds of every Partners In Health clinician caring for survivors of the devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Read more…
Aug. 14 earthquake damage staggering; many families in need of food, water, shelter Posted on Aug 20, 2021 Dr. Michelson Padovany, a surgeon for Partners In Health in Haiti, said he saw suffering families, collapsed buildings, and debris-filled roads everywhere he went on the country’s southern peninsula this week, visiting Read more…
At least 30 people transferred so far, many with orthopedic injuries, after last Saturday’s disaster on Haiti’s southern peninsula Posted on Aug 19, 2021 Trauma patients from last Saturday’s earthquake in southern Haiti are now receiving care at Partners In Health’s University Hospital in Mirebalais (HUM), a world-class facility that Read more…
Dr. Paul Farmer, PIH co-founder and chief strategist give an update on PIH’s response in Haiti. Posted on Aug 17, 2021 Dear PIH friends and supporters: I am never more proud of Partners In Health than I am in the hardest of times, when our teams respond to crises with Read more…
Paul Farmer, PIH co-founder and chief strategist, shares his letter to PIH staff about the recent earthquake in Haiti. Posted on Aug 14, 2021 Dear PIH: By now you’ll have heard that a 7.0 magnitude earthquake has just struck Haiti. The US Geological Service estimated that its epicenter was about Read more…
Ophelia Dahl, Co-founder and Executive Director of Partners In Health, reflects on the five-year anniversary of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.