A View from Lesotho: Syndemicity Part 2 Posted March 6, 2024. Normally based in Saskatoon, PIH Canada Board member Dr. Ryan Meili is a family physician and lifelong advocate for healthy public policy with a focus on health equity. In the article series “A View from Lesotho,” Dr. Meili will Read more…
A View from Lesotho: Syndemicity Part 1 Posted February 21, 2024. Normally based in Saskatoon, PIH Canada Board member Dr. Ryan Meili is a family physician and lifelong advocate for healthy public policy with a focus on health equity. In the article series “A View from Lesotho,” Dr. Meili will Read more…
Before becoming ill, Kaizer Mahapa, 44, worked as a street vendor in Maseru, Lesotho, selling jewelry, snacks, and fruits at two roadside stalls; one uptown in Maseru and another in his own yard.
Mahapa, who grew up in rural Lesotho, was diagnosed with HIV in 2019. Two years later, he contracted tuberculosis. He’d never attended school, instead cared for the family’s animals. Mahapa was living with his daughter when he fell ill.
Socios En Salud improves access to care for transgender women in Lima Posted on July 6, 2023 Content warning: this story contains mention of child sexual abuse and violence against transgender women When Alexia*, 26, first arrived in Lima she was disappointed. She didn’t like the cooler weather, and the Read more…
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…