University Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti, received formal accreditation from an international oversight group this week, affirming that the hospital’s medical education and residency programs meet the highest global standards—and causing Dr. Paul Farmer to reach for a seat. “There’s a Haitian expression—news that demands a chair,” said Farmer, Partners In Read more…
Haiti’s 2010 earthquake was devastating, killing nearly 300,000 people and injuring hundreds of thousands more. The disaster’s impact on the medical community was swift, and would be felt over the long term. The nursing school in Port-au-Prince collapsed during its afternoon session, killing every third-year nurse and instructor within. The Read more…
Dr. Linda Rimpel said two of the most important questions about lifesaving care—where are you when you have an emergency, and what can be done for you—are, all too often, much too closely connected. “Emergencies happen everywhere in the world, but they are not treated equally,” Rimpel, chief of Read more…
University Hospital in Mirebalais opened its doors on March 19, 2013, and quickly became a hub of care for the Central Plateau and a magnet for patients from across Haiti. (Photo by Cecille Joan Avila) Six years have passed since University Hospital in Mirebalais opened its doors and began transforming Read more…
For Blessings Henry, a typical school day begins at 3 a.m. The 17-year-old is in her last year of secondary school in Malawi’s Neno District, a rural region of rugged mountains and arid flatlands in the country’s south, near the border with Mozambique. Blessings uses her early mornings, as well Read more…
Emergencies happen. When they do, we believe that all people, no matter where they live or how much money they have, deserve to be able to receive high-quality emergency medical care. Since 2014, PIH Canada has been supporting the Emergency Medicine Residency program at University Hospital of Mirebalais, training Read more…
All photos by Zack DeClerck / Partners In HealthFrom left to right: PIH Nightingale Fellows Graciela Cadet, Angeline Charles, Emmanuel Dushimimana, Viola Karanja and PIH CEO Dr. Gary Gottlieb enjoy videos of the fellows’ colleagues and family members congratulating them on their graduation. Emmanuel Dushimimana said doctors and staff in Read more…
We asked three first-year residents at University Hospital of Mirebalais in Haiti to tell us about their mentors. Resident Name: Dr. Aurelie Gilles, First-year resident in Internal Medicine Mentor: Dr. Philip Cleophat, Director of Internal Medicine Why is this person your mentor? Dr. Philip Cleophat is passionate. He not only Read more…
Congratulations to Haiti’s firstemergency medicine residents! (left to right):Dr. Valery Pierre Louis, Dr. Mirrielle Bien Aime,Dr. Edrist Duneant, Dr. Sindy Altine,Dr. Faikha Colinet, Dr. Jimmy Plantin. A groundbreaking gift from Slaight Family Foundation is allowing Partners In Health to shape the future of emergency medicine in Haiti. This summer, six Read more…
Dr. Fabrice Julcéus knew of one family medicine residency in Haiti, and it was in Cap-Haïtien, a northern city far removed from the bustle of Port-au-Prince. So when he heard the announcement on Radio Caribe that a new residency would soon launch in the less remote St. Marc, he jumped Read more…