Opinion | Written by John Green for the Washington Post Posted on May 23, 2023 John Green is the author of several books, including “The Fault in Our Stars” and “The Anthropocene Reviewed,” and is a longtime supporter of Partners in Health. In 2019, I visited Sierra Leone’s Lakka Government Hospital, Read more…
PIH patient receives comprehensive tuberculosis care, treatment Posted on March 24, 2023 Viola Wleh thought she had a common cold, but her diagnosis was more serious: multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The infectious disease can be deadly—especially the drug-resistant type—so patients should receive care immediately. Unfortunately, there was no treatment for MDR-TB Read more…
A crushing diagnosis provided “an opportunity to change” Posted on March 24, 2023 Maya* vividly remembers the day she received her diagnosis. As a 21-year-old college student in Astana, Kazakhstan, she’d been running persistent fevers and waking up drenched in sweat. Her mother insisted she get checked out. As they Read more…
PIH repairs oxygen system through BRING O2 partnership Posted on March 21, 2023 Leoncio Carrión was struggling to breathe. The 78-year-old was battling pulmonary fibrosis, his breaths becoming shorter by the day, and had arrived at the hospital gasping for air. Had he come just weeks earlier, he may not Read more…
PIH marks one year since co-founder’s passing with reflections from friends and colleagues Posted on February 21, 2023 As Partners In Health marks one year since the passing of Dr. Paul Farmer, we remember our beloved co-founder’s life and legacy—a force that planted the seeds of our community decades ago Read more…
Medication, social support play key role in recovery Posted on January 25, 2022 Itumeleng Nkhabu, a 48-year-old widow, contracted tuberculosis (TB) in 2003. Then again in 2011. That was not the last time she got sick. In 2018, she was diagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), a severe form of the Read more…
PIH fights to make treatment for TB, HIV, COVID-19 accessible to all Posted on November 21, 2022 A pill could save the man’s life. But it wasn’t available in Liberia. For months, he had suffered from an unknown disease, without access to a diagnosis or drugs. He had poured his Read more…
Transportation woes, long wait times among reasons driving low uptake Posted on Aug 8, 2022 When Dr. Afom Andom, chief medical officer at Partners In Health in Lesotho, noticed blank spaces and other discrepancies in several district tuberculosis (TB) registries in 2020, he was perplexed. As a former health reform technical advisor Read more…
Social workers connect patients with community organizations providing food, daily essentials, and counselling Posted on June 30, 2022 When a patient delivered her baby in the middle of her tuberculosis (TB) treatment, Gulnara Zhumakairova knew she would need to rally additional resources for the new mother, who was single and Read more…
PIH patient overcomes tuberculosis during pregnancies Posted on March 25, 2022 Tuberculosis (TB) shouldn’t be ignored. This is especially true for pregnant women, as the disease can harm both mother and child. If an expectant mother is not diagnosed and treated in a timely manner, the baby can potentially contract Read more…