Since 2018, staff have performed more than 2,000 emergency and elective surgeries Posted on December 21, 2022 When a 26-year-old man arrived at the hospital dripping in blood and holding nearly all of his intestines, Dr. Sterman Toussaint was optimistic. “I told him to calm down and that everything would Read more…
In Rwanda, Right to Health Care program supports patients who cannot afford advanced treatment Posted on October 14, 2022 Aline Niyizurugero, then 16, was heading home from school with her friend. They had brought mangoes for her father and brother, who were at home cooking lunch. But when she was 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…
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…
Dr. Gerald Ekwen is not only the sole general surgeon at Partners In Health-supported J.J. Dossen Hospital in Harper, Liberia. He’s also the only surgeon in all of southeastern Liberia, where in Maryland County alone, PIH serves a population of about 170,000. People also come to J.J. Dossen from neighbouring Read more…
University Hospital in Mirebalais opened its doors on March 19, 2013, and quickly became a hub of care for the Central Plateau and a magnet for patients from across Haiti. (Photo by Cecille Joan Avila) Six years have passed since University Hospital in Mirebalais opened its doors and began transforming Read more…
Ben Huntley / Partners In Health The newborns rest at Partners In Health-supported J.J. Dossen Hospital in Liberia earlier this month. On a hot and humid Monday in early December, 28-year-old Elizabeth Sieh climbed the handful of stairs to her neighborhood health center in southern Liberia and nurses in the Read more…
Photo by Rebecca E. Rollins / Partners In Health A view of the PIH-supported J.J. Dossen Hospital campus in Maryland County, Liberia. Last month a 6-year-old girl in remote Maryland County, Liberia, was climbing a tree, as many do during mango season, and fell from a high branch. Her forearm Read more…
Rebecca E. Rollins / Partners In Health Manoucheca Ketan holds her conjoined twin daughters before their separation at University Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti, on Friday, May 22. Manoucheca Ketan lay on an exam table as her doctor spread warm goo over her expanded belly and methodically traced an ultrasound wand Read more…