PIH marks one year since co-founder’s passing with reflections from friends and colleagues Posted on February 21, 2023 As Partners In Health marks one year since the passing of Dr. Paul Farmer, we remember our beloved co-founder’s life and legacy—a force that planted the seeds of our community decades ago Read more…
Visiting one of the most remote PIH sites, a health center in Lesotho, requires a cross-country trek Posted on February 15, 2023 The following photos and story are by Thomas Patterson, PIH photo editor. “The government needs the helicopter,” Partners In Health (PIH) Lesotho Communications Officer Mpho Marole said, “so Read more…
Free testing, treatment, and counseling restores life and hope in Peru Posted on November 30, 2022 In early 2020, as millions worldwide were grappling with the onset of the pandemic, Cruz Antonio Sifuentes was weathering another storm: a diagnosis with HIV. The 35-year-old resident of Los Olivos, an impoverished community Read more…
For more than 30 years, our focus has been on achieving long-term impact by merging social justice with medicine Posted on November 28, 2022 Finding the best nonprofit to support requires some research. The organization’s mission should align with your personal values. It should tackle the complex issues you are Read more…
PIH fights to make treatment for TB, HIV, COVID-19 accessible to all Posted on November 21, 2022 A pill could save the man’s life. But it wasn’t available in Liberia. For months, he had suffered from an unknown disease, without access to a diagnosis or drugs. He had poured his Read more…
Younger patients, those struggling to meet basic needs more likely to have trouble with medication regimen Posted on Aug 8, 2022 Ludentz Dorcelus clearly recalls the “complete chaos” that overwhelmed his hometown of Port-au-Prince after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, killing some 300,000 people. Dorcelus, 18 at Read more…
Model of care began in Haiti, influenced global policy, and spread around the world Posted on July 28, 2022 In 1986, Partners In Health began caring for patients diagnosed with HIV and AIDS in Haiti. Clinicians with Zanmi Lasante, as PIH is known in Haiti, started with free testing, counseling, and inpatient Read more…
Providing sexual health care, support in Peru Posted on Sep 23, 2021 In just eight minutes, everything came crashing down. As Carlos* stared at the HIV test, he wondered what he would do. How he would work. How he would eat. How he would stay alive. The 39-year-old was already Read more…
PIH’s care for Hassan, an MDR-TB patient, creates a national impact Posted on July 23, 2021 From the time he was admitted to Lakka Government Hospital, Sierra Leone’s only dedicated tuberculosis facility, staff knew that 18-year-old Hassan* was special. “He’s a very brilliant boy,” said Armah Quist, program officer at the Partners Read more…
Integrating care for HIV and non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and mental illness is making treatment more accessible and effective in Neno District Bringing patients for hypertension, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases under one roof for treatment that’s intertwined with HIV care is significantly improving outcomes in rural Malawi, a Read more…