Medical training program continues vital work amidst COVID-19 pandemic It was the middle of summer in southern Mexico, and the vibrant sun warmed the arms of 10 young clinicians arriving to Chiapas. Little did they realize that their one-year experience ahead would, quite likely, change their lives—and that they would Read more…
When Carmela Sánchez gave birth to her son, Rusbin Gómez, it was not apparent that he was deaf. It was only after he turned one year old that Sánchez and her husband, who live in the coffee-growing Sierra Madre region of Chiapas, Mexico, realized that Rusbin did not respond when Read more…
Posted on Jun 17, 2020 Patients walking into Jaltenango Hospital are now greeted by a nurse in a face shield and surgical mask, sitting at a desk, and flanked with bottles of disinfectant and hand sanitizer. She asks their name, where they’re from, and what symptoms they’re experiencing. Then she Read more…
Partners In Health employs or supports nearly 18,000 staff members in 11 countries around the world. More than 60 percent of those invaluable staffers are women, filling vital roles at all levels of the organization. In honour of International Women’s Day, inspiring and influential women from several PIH teams shared thoughts on their work, their Read more…
Dr. Sheila Davis, chief executive officer of Partners In Health, has been monitoring news of the novel coronavirus and its spread around the world, while planning for a swift and appropriate clinical response to the disease (COVID-19) across the 11 countries in which PIH works. She shares this update with Read more…
Pregnancy and childbirth are often considered major life moments to celebrate, but they pose the risks of disability or death for millions of women who lack access to basic health care in marginalized communities. Partners In Health strives to address these inequalities by working with midwives–often expectant mothers’ most trusted Read more…
Community health workers are the bridge connecting their neighbours, friends, and family to local clinics across the 10 communities in which Partners In Health works in rural Chiapas, Mexico. In July, Compañeros En Salud—as PIH is known in Mexico—launched a new initiative that trained five workers in the provision of Read more…
Three-month-old Omar slept peacefully in a hammock in the shade while his mother, Olga Veronica Roblero, laid out beans to dry in the sun nearby. They were at the family’s home in the rural Sierra Madre region of Chiapas, Mexico, where Roblero and her husband make a subsistence living growing Read more…
Margarita Perez Jimenez and Martha Domínguez López can both say their lives changed at the age of 14. For Jimenez, that was the year she began working as a traditional midwife in Chiapas, Mexico. For López, it was when she became a single mother. The two women met around May Read more…
Photo by René Delgadillo González Workers clear rubble in Colonia Doctores, a neighborhood within Mexico City, following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake Tuesday afternoon. Partners In Health staff reported no significant damage or injuries at the 10 rural clinics and maternal waiting home that PIH supports in Mexico, following the country’s second Read more…