Marana Toussaint, 37, visited University Hospital near her home in Mirebalais, Haiti, after finding a small lump in her left breast. Oldine Deshommes (background), a PIH social worker, supported her throughout her care. (Photo by Cecille Joan Avila / Partners In Health) It all started with a pain in her Read more…
Ben Huntley / Partners In Health The newborns rest at Partners In Health-supported J.J. Dossen Hospital in Liberia earlier this month. On a hot and humid Monday in early December, 28-year-old Elizabeth Sieh climbed the handful of stairs to her neighborhood health center in southern Liberia and nurses in the Read more…
Dr. Jennifer Werdenberg, Lead Neonatal and Child Health Technical Advisor andPediatrician at Partners in Health/Inshuti Mu Bizuma trains health careprofessionals in birth interventions. In Rwanda, PWRDF and Global Affairs Canada are co-funding medical training to reduce infant mortality rates. At the Rwinkwavu District Hospital, about 90 km east from the Read more…
In 2015, Zanmi Lasante organized five days of community activities in Haitiin celebration of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.Similar activities are planned for 2016. Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It marks the beginning of 16 Days of Activism taking place Read more…
Photo by Rebecca E. Rollins / Partners In Health A view of the maternity ward at J.J. Dossen Memorial Hospital in southeast Liberia in 2015.PIH is nearly finished with a six-month remodel of the hospital. When a pregnant woman in rural, southeast Liberia visits a public health clinic near her Read more…
Photo: Cecille Joan Avila / Partners In Health Dr. Louise Ivers, PIH’s senior health and policy advisor and infectious disease expert, is working with PIH staff in Haiti to help prevent infections from the Zika virus. Partners In Health serves 32,000 pregnant women in Haiti every year, which puts it Read more…