Virtual panel explores women’s rights, equity Posted on Mar 16, 2022 Women’s health care has always been a focal point for Partners In Health (PIH). From gender-sensitive programs in Sierra Leone to several dozen maternal waiting homes around the globe, PIH has consistently prioritized women’s rights through accompaniment. “When we look at someone as Read more…
Machines detect heartbeat irregularities in rural Thaba Tseka Posted on Dec 23, 2021 Manameng clinic was 13 hours away, by foot, along miles and miles of winding dirt roads. But Limakatso Lerata was determined to hear her baby’s heartbeat. The 18-year-old had received prenatal care at other clinics, closer to Read more…
Highly contagious variants continue to spread, with limited global access to vaccines Posted on Jul 4, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over yet. Although some businesses have re-opened and restrictions have loosened in Canada, the United States, and Europe, a third wave of COVID-19 infections is affecting countries around the Read more…
Lockdowns, national export bans, global surges in demand, shipping woes and flight delays are just some of the challenges PIH teams have faced over the past year, to provide lifesaving support to patients and health systems Posted on May 25, 2021 When Partners In Health opened a new oxygen plant Read more…
PIH doctor reflects on challenges, setbacks, and silver linings for health systems Posted on April 5, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted care and services for people living with tuberculosis—until recently the world’s deadliest infectious disease—draining or diverting resources and potentially costing hundreds of thousands of lives that could have Read more…
Fighting two of the world’s deadliest diseases, PIH Lesotho’s Maseru facility is boosting vital infrastructure and conducting outreach across the country Posted April 3, 2021 Partners In Health and Lesotho’s Ministry of Health marked World TB Day with two distinct actions: conducting community tuberculosis screenings in rugged Buta-Buthe District, one of the Read more…
Community members helping PIH staff carry patients over a footbridge to reach facility that serves 8,500 people in isolated region Posted March 11, 2021 The collapse of a bridge on the lone road to an isolated health center high in the mountains of Lesotho has Partners In Health teams finding Read more…
Lesotho health leaders said the country’s first medical oxygen plant is a landmark for building a stronger health system during COVID-19 and beyond A new oxygen plant installed at Partners In Health supported Botšabelo Hospital is the first such facility in Lesotho and will save lives during the respiratory COVID-19 pandemic Read more…
The executive director of PIH in Lesotho talks about his dedication to rural medicine, his love of animals, and responding to a pandemic during his first year at the helm Dr. Melino Ndayizigiye grew up in a remote village in Burundi, the ninth of 10 children, born to parents who Read more…
Partners In Health in Lesotho received a United Nations award on Thursday, September 3rd for its community-based COVID-19 program, with special recognition of PIH’s work to reach people and families in remote, mountainous regions of the country in southern Africa. The recognition came from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Read more…