Diane Uwingeneye knew during pregnancy that her belly was unusually large. At four months, people said she looked six months along. It was her first pregnancy, and she thought she was simply having a big baby, or carrying a lot of fluid. An ultrasound showed a healthy, growing fetus. But Read more…
PIH Canada will strengthen rights of women and girls and elevate access to health care and psychosocial support for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Haiti thanks to new support from Global Affairs Canada. PIH Canada, in collaboration with our Haitian sister organization Zanmi Lasante (ZL), has been Read more…
Loune Viaud, executive director of Zanmi Lasante, as Partners In Health is known in Haiti, urged members of the UN Security Council to support more equitable health care options for women and girls in Haiti, to help end sexual and gender-based violence, and to ensure increased participation of women in Read more…
More training for nurses and greater access to family planning services has resulted in significantly more new mothers leaving a Haiti hospital with long-term contraception, a fact that could lead to safer pregnancies and fewer maternal deaths. A recent Partners In Health study found that over just three months at Read more…
According to the United Nations, one in three women globally will experience physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or sexual violence by a non-partner at some point in their lives. This number is staggering – and more sobering still, the figure is even higher in some parts of the world. Read more…
Walking around her clinic in the muggy heat, Gladys, 52, attracts a lot of attention. During the morning’s whirlwind of activity, people rush up to her from every direction: uniformed midwives, women with newborn babies strapped to their backs, heavily pregnant women. She speaks to everyone in a gentle, encouraging Read more…
Celebrating Canada’s Gender Equality Week, PIH Canada’s Senior Manager of Programs and Development, Emily Antze, reflects on her last trip to Haiti where she met with social workers, medical staff and community leaders who are working to address sexual and gender based violence with support from PIH Canada.From September 23-29, Read more…
Marana Toussaint, 37, visited University Hospital near her home in Mirebalais, Haiti, after finding a small lump in her left breast. Oldine Deshommes (background), a PIH social worker, supported her throughout her care. (Photo by Cecille Joan Avila / Partners In Health) It all started with a pain in her Read more…