New initiative will transform rural health centers and reduce maternal and infant mortality Posted on December 21, 2022 The maternal mortality rate is alarming in Sierra Leone, where 1 in 20 women face a lifetime risk of dying in pregnancy or childbirth. The mortality rate of infants and children under Read more…
Photographers share thoughts about moments shared with patients, staff around the world Posted on Dec 28, 2021 So much of the work goes unheralded, unseen. In a newly modernized Rwandan hospital, a mother spoon-feeds her son, sharing a laugh to distract him from the pain of cancer treatments. A community Read more…
New programs aim to make health care more accessible, gender-sensitive Posted on Dec 23, 2021 Across Kono District, in the rural east of Sierra Leone, Partners In Health-supported health facilities are busier than ever. It’s not that patient needs are increasing—it’s that the quality of health care available is, thanks Read more…
A year in review – PIH Canada’s top stories and moments Posted on Dec 20, 2021 1. Tapestry 2030 Podcast – No Woman or Girl Left Behind As part of the Ontario Council for International Cooperation Tapestry 2030 podcast series, Isata Dumbuya from PIH Sierra Leone, Basimenye Nhlema from PIH Malawi, Read more…
Moderate acute malnutrition program promotes child health, strengthens health system Posted on Nov 29, 2021 Every other Friday in Kono District, Sierra Leone, the quiet, serene campus of Wellbody Clinic’s birth waiting home erupts with noise. Women chat. Toddlers squeal. A wood fire crackles. And a metal grinding machine whirs Read more…
Support for survivors includes medical and mental health care Posted on Nov 28, 2021 Late in the evening of Friday, November 5, the phone calls began between Partners In Health staff in Sierra Leone: A car and a fuel tanker had collided in the capital city of Freetown, resulting in Read more…
PIH connects patient with treatment, care, and accompaniment over a months-long journey Posted on Oct 12, 2021 The headaches began in July 2019—but up until then, 15-year-old Emma* Gbonbor was living a healthy, happy life at home in Kono District, Sierra Leone. She and her twin sister, Kadie*, are the second youngest of seven siblings. Entering her second year of high school, Emma chose math Read more…
Women among majority of students taking PIH program boosting literacy, support Posted on Sep 7, 2021 It’s almost 5 p.m. in rural Kono District, Sierra Leone, and the wind is picking up while dark clouds threaten rain. Still, though they have families to get home to, preferably before the downpour Read more…
PIH supporting country’s first mental health unit for children and adolescents Posted on Aug 27, 2021 On a cloudy July morning on the lush green outskirts of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Dr. Elizabeth Allieu stands in front of a classroom of preteen and teen girls, encouragingly telling them that there are no wrong answers to the question Read more…
New study makes the case for mandatory hepatitis B vaccination of health staff Posted on Aug 3, 2021 In a hospital ward, a hepatitis B infection can come from many places: A prick of a needle. An open wound. A cut from a surgical knife. Hepatitis B kills around 887,000 people Read more…