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…
PIH’s care for Hassan, an MDR-TB patient, creates a national impact Posted on July 23, 2021 From the time he was admitted to Lakka Government Hospital, Sierra Leone’s only dedicated tuberculosis facility, staff knew that 18-year-old Hassan* was special. “He’s a very brilliant boy,” said Armah Quist, program officer at the Partners Read more…
Highly contagious variants continue to spread, with limited global access to vaccines Posted on Jul 4, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over yet. Although some businesses have re-opened and restrictions have loosened in Canada, the United States, and Europe, a third wave of COVID-19 infections is affecting countries around the Read more…
Comprehensive investments from PIH mean higher-quality care for rural patients Posted on July 2, 2021 This April, Elizabeth Momoh delivered her fifth child at Sewafe Community Health Center in Kono District, Sierra Leone. “Ah so gladi,” she said in Krio, during her last prenatal appointment before her due date. “I’m Read more…
Dr. Bailor Barrie follows lifetime dream of providing quality health care in his home country Posted on May 20th, 2021 In August 2014, Dr. Mohamed Bailor Barrie got a phone call from Partners In Health Co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer—and immediately began dancing. “Paul called me and said PIH made a Read more…
Koidu Government Hospital’s adolescent and youth-friendly services clinic provides care beyond medical for young adults in Sierra Leone Posted on May 17, 2021 Phebian Sondufu-Sowa’s shift at Koidu Government Hospital (KGH)—the only hospital in Kono District, Sierra Leone—technically ends at five o’clock. But on any given day, at any given Read more…
Partners In Health, government leaders lay first bricks for state-of-the-art teaching hospital designed to provide a new level of care for Sierra Leonean women and families Posted on May 17, 2021 Partners In Health’s mission to radically reduce global maternal mortality has entered a new chapter with the groundbreaking of the Maternal Center Read more…