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…
PIH Liberia’s Daniel Maweu discusses the Nursing Center of Excellence Posted on Oct 28, 2021 Like many countries around the globe, Liberia has a shortage of nurses and midwives. In an effort to address this, Partners In Health (PIH) Liberia created the Nursing Center of Excellence in 2019 to recruit Read more…
Three-day training empowers nurses, prevents patient harm Posted on Oct 14, 2021 Mental disturbances from delirium are usually temporary, but they can be life-threatening—which is why it’s critical to recognize and diagnose the condition. At PIH-supported J.J. Dossen Memorial Hospital, 16 nurses recently received delirium and agitation training and are Read more…
Dr. Aaron Berkowitz, who helped develop the program, discusses his new book and the importance of Haitian-led training Posted on Sep 16, 2021 When Dr. Aaron Berkowitz read Mountains Beyond Mountains during medical school, he quickly became interested in Partners In Health (PIH). But he wasn’t quite sure how a neurologist could Read more…
Women among majority of students taking PIH program boosting literacy, support Posted on Sep 7, 2021 It’s almost 5 p.m. in rural Kono District, Sierra Leone, and the wind is picking up while dark clouds threaten rain. Still, though they have families to get home to, preferably before the downpour Read more…