PIH provides mental health care to hundreds of patients each year Posted on October 7, 2022 Content warning: This story relates to suicide. Ángel Morales is 32 years old and originally from Laguna del Cofre, Chiapas. For most of his life, Morales, like many farmers in his community, dedicated himself Read more…
Community health workers provide culturally relevant care in rural Chiapas Posted on July 7, 2022 When Mayra Ramirez began her role as a community health worker, she was filled with fear and doubts. She had never worked in health care before. But the desire to learn and develop new skills Read more…
PIH-Supported Birthing Center In Chiapas Continues To Save Lives Posted on May 9, 2022 Yareth Macías, 30, is originally from Jaltenango, a rural city in the Sierra Madre region of Chiapas, Mexico, but has lived in Lima, Peru for the past year with her husband. In early 2021, she found Read more…
Former pasante returns to PIH, provides more than 140 surgeries in Chiapas Posted on April 4, 2022 For many first-year clinicians in Mexico who complete their mandatory year of social service with Compañeros En Salud, there are two distinct phases of their career: before the internship and after the internship. Read more…
PIH Helps Patients Access Advanced Surgical Care Posted on Jan 21, 2022 For Isabelina López, it was a car crash that changed everything. “When I woke up, I was in the middle of the road,” López says. “But I couldn’t move.” López, 30, lives in Barrio Lagunita, a rural community Read more…
Vaccine Equity Remains Elusive In Rural Mexico, Worldwide Posted on Dec 2, 2021 It all began when Dr. Ana Laura Rodríguez received a call in mid-September: Compañeros En Salud, as Partners In Health is known in Mexico, would receive a total of 2,000 COVID-19 vaccines to be distributed in 10 Read more…
Casa Materna uplifts model of respectful childbirth Posted on Nov 1, 2021 Years later, Estefanía Monterrosas still remembers the girl. How she came in the middle of the night. How she came alone. How she had crossed the border from Guatemala to Mexico with little more than identity documents, stating Read more…
Listening to rural communities is essential to building trust Posted on Sep 1, 2021 At the end of 2020, after almost a year of uncertainty, social isolation, and anxiety, a glimmer of hope appeared: the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in Mexico. By August, 17% of Mexicans had been fully vaccinated, Read more…
Third wave concentrated among the young, unvaccinated Posted on Aug 31, 2021 Just months ago, COVID-19 cases were down in Chiapas, and the majority of patients were those considered highest-risk, such as the elderly. But now, as the third wave of the pandemic sweeps across Mexico and its mountainous southern Read more…
Clinical training, community-based care, and connecting patients with specialized services central to decade’s work Posted on Aug 6, 2021 A decade ago, a team of clinicians and health advocates in rural Chiapas united under a simple yet radical vision: every person has a right to health. The team—Dr. Daniel Palazuelos, Read more…