Survey of hundreds of women reveals need to provide care, support for transgender women Posted on June 7, 2021 On the streets of Lima, 86% of transgender women have faced discrimination. And more than half have experienced domestic violence. That’s according to a recent survey by Socios En Salud, as 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…
Co-op helps mothers earn income, keep families healthy Posted on May 24, 2021 In a sunlit room in Carabayllo, a woman grasps a strand of yarn and slips one of her needles through it. Between the needles is more than the tiny sweater she’s knitting. Wound up in the yarn Read more…
Chatbots improve access to variety of care amid COVID-19 Posted May 5, 2021 As a young mother faced with parenting during a pandemic, Sol Prieto worried about her 9-month-old and whether he was hitting all the milestones in child development. They spent all day at their house in Carabayllo, Peru. Read more…
PIH starts using new tool to expand access to testing, care Posted April 5, 2021 Just weeks ago, Erick Alarcón spent his days racing motorcycles, working in construction and providing for his family. But a diagnosis of tuberculosis brought everything to a standstill. “I already knew that something was wrong,” 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…
PIH provides medical care, accompaniment to the elderly, the chronically ill Posted on February 17, 2021 Every day, Delia Zevallos picks up the phone and dials the same number. After a few rings, a voice answers—it’s her patient, an elderly man who lives alone in Carabayllo, an impoverished community 20 Read more…
Innovative app connects women with care, treatment Posted February 9, 2021 When Vania Lariza Vargas took her mother to the clinic for an appointment, she wasn’t thinking about her own health. It wasn’t until a community health worker approached her and struck up a conversation about the importance of detecting Read more…
App helps screen, increase access to specialists during pandemic Maritza Sáenz has been a singer for years; but when her mother died of a lung disease, the music lost its meaning. It was a loss that the resident of Callao, Peru—a rural community outside of the capital of Lima—describes as Read more…
Caring for Ourselves, and Each Other, on World Mental Health Day 2020 Dr. Giuseppe (Bepi) Raviola, director of mental health at Partners In Health, shares below how PIH has invested in and incorporated mental health into COVID-19 care around the world, and reflects on the importance of self-care during moments of Read more…
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