Posted March 4th, 2021 As part of the Ontario Council for International Cooperation Tapestry 2030 podcast series and just in time for International Women’s Day, Isata Dumbuya from PIH Sierra Leone, Basimenye Nhlema from PIH Malawi, and Ian Pinnell from PIH Canada discuss the collaborative “No Woman or Girl Left Read more…
Community health workers provide support, accompaniment for mothers in rural Mexico Posted on January 26, 2021 On any given day, Vilga Vázquez cooks, cleans the house, and runs her family’s grocery store. But her to-do list doesn’t end there. The 36-year-old has another job: caring for new and expectant mothers Read more…
A new neonatal ward allowed Naphtal to survive—and give others hope Posted on January 19, 2020 Fourteen weeks ahead of his due date, Naphtal was unexpectedly delivered on a rural farm on the edge of Kono District, Sierra Leone, miles away from any health facility. He and his mother, who Read more…
Explore the patient-centred, innovative design of the future MCOE Posted on January 19, 2020 In 2017, facing Sierra Leone’s long-standing maternal health crisis, Partners In Health leaders sat in a conference room in Kono District—statistically one of the most dangerous places to give birth in the world—and dreamed big: What Read more…
Why PIHer Armah Quist started a feminist organization for young girls, women in Sierra Leone Armah Quist, 30, is a multidrug-resistant tuberculosis program officer at Partners In Health-supported Lakka Government Hospital, Sierra Leone’s only dedicated tuberculosis hospital and the country’s first facility to provide care for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, located on the Read more…
A conversation with bestselling author John Green and PIH leaders Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, making it one of the most dangerous places for women to give birth. The country sees 1,120 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births—a number that far Read more…
A key term in maternal health, explained When a woman in labour arrives in a maternity ward with signs of obstetric distress, health care workers face a crucial choice: whether to pursue an emergency c-section. Because as soon as they decide a c-section is needed, it’s a race against the Read more…
Video helps visualize new facility for improved maternal, child health care In Sierra Leone, 1 in 20 women run a lifetime risk of dying prematurely during pregnancy or childbirth. To tackle this injustice, and many more, Partners In Health is working with Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health to construct, equip, and staff Read more…
Partners In Health leaders discuss the challenges and successes of PIH’s work in Sierra Leone and the urgent need for the Maternal Center of Excellence. In late October, Partners In Health leaders held a webinar panel to discuss ongoing maternal health work in Sierra Leone, looking back over the past Read more…
Faster registration and better access to medical records are streamlining care at the rural hospital, and are hallmarks of PIH’s multi-country effort to improve how health data is collected, stored and used.