How a young woman from rural Mexico fulfilled her dream Posted on May 23, 2023 As a child growing up in Salvador Urbina, a small community in the Frailesca region of Chiapas, Mexico, Cecilia Gálvez would walk two hours with her mother to the nearest health center for vaccinations. During Read more…
Teaching hospital is a culmination of three decades of PIH’s work in Haiti Posted on March 14, 2023 After the devastating 2010 earthquake struck Haiti, health systems were fragile. Hospitals were destroyed. Clinicians lost their lives. And resources were limited. Then, more than ever, spaces and systems needed to be revitalized Read more…
PIH connects thousands of people with essential resources to access and benefit from health care Posted on January 25, 2022 From Rwanda to Peru, Partners In Health provides more than medical care: We cook meals for our patients. We give them a place to stay. We pay for their bus Read more…
The achievement will strengthen the country’s mental health care resources, staff Posted on November 3, 2022 The Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital (SLPTH) has received a formal 5-year accreditation for the first-ever psychiatry residency program in the country. With this accreditation, Sierra Leone will be able to train its own Read more…
The recognition will strengthen the school’s impact, collaboration Posted on October 12, 2022 The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda has earned regional accreditation for its medical school, furthering its mission to radically transform global health education and care delivery. The university was accredited following an inspection by Read more…
$200M scholarship fund forms centerpiece of commitment toward medical education and research in Africa Posted on Sept 19, 2022 Partners In Health established a $200 million scholarship fund that will support University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) students in Rwanda for more than two decades, launched by a transformative $50 million gift Read more…
Teams provided emergency care, support, and long-term solutions alongside partners Posted on Aug 14, 2022 One year ago, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck 80 miles west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, leaving more than 2,200 people dead, 1,800 injured, and hundreds of families displaced. Authorities reported that 97 health centers Read more…
Hands-on experience gained in simulation labs will strengthen nurse training Posted on Aug 8, 2022 Longtime nurses Claudinette Favard and Nathalie Paul have seen a lot in their combined 27 years supporting patients and teaching nursing students in Haiti. But after nearly two weeks of training at Regis College Read more…
PIH Chief Medical Officer provides words of wisdom at Harvard and University of Michigan Medical School graduations Posted on July 19, 2022 In many ways, Dr. Joia Mukherjee, PIH’s chief medical officer, embodies “radical hope,” a concept she spoke about recently at Harvard Medical School’s Class Day in May. An Read more…
PIH CEO shares the co-founder’s influence on her and the field of nursing Posted on May 9, 2022 PIH CEO Dr. Sheila Davis reflects on the impact PIH Co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer had on her career as a nurse and leader and discusses the ways in which he inspired, and was inspired Read more…