Fanta's Story
Maternal Health
In 2021, PIH provided 13,530 lifesaving C-sections around the world.
We believe quality health care is a universal human right. Around the world, we fight injustice by providing care first to those who need it most.
3 million outpatient visits in supported clinics
2.1 million women’s health checkups around the world.
Over 2.2 million home visits conducted by community health workers.
50% of people across the globe lack access to essential health care.
94% of maternal deaths occur in low and lower middle-income countries.
Each day, 15,000 children die before reaching their fifth birthday.
When Fanta found out she was pregnant, she feared the worst. PIH helped her deliver safely.
58,310 safe births globally in 2021
1 in 5 children in Haiti is starving. Lovenyou used to be among them, until PIH stepped in to help.
26,000 Haitian children treated yearly for malnutrition
Roughly 10% of adults in Malawi live with HIV, including Agnes. PIH connected her with lifesaving treatment.
44,000 people receiving HIV treatment yearly
When we met Melquiades, he was on the verge of death. Now he’s a global advocate for tuberculosis patients.
95 patients in Peru on TB treatment in 2021
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Fanta lives in Sierra Leone, one of the world’s most dangerous places to be pregnant. Like many women, she thought she had no safe options. But with PIH’s help, Fanta gave birth safely to her son, John, via C-section.
In 2021, PIH provided 13,530 lifesaving C-sections around the world.
Like 1 in 5 children in Haiti, Lovenyou was starving. His mother brought him to a PIH-supported malnutrition clinic, where he was measured and began treatment. Now, thanks to PIH’s help, he’s growing strong and healthy.
PIH produced 83,250 pounds of peanut-based nutritional supplement to feed malnourished children last year.
Agnes lives with HIV and wanted to prevent passing the virus to her son, Ulemu. With PIH’s support, she continued taking antiretroviral therapy to control the disease throughout her pregnancy, dramatically reducing the chance that Ulemu will contract the virus.
In Neno, Malawi, 94% of people living with HIV are on treatment thanks to PIH’s support.
Melquiades was one of millions suffering from tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease. After receiving lifesaving treatment from PIH, he is now a global advocate, challenging the idea that TB is too difficult and expensive to treat in poor places.
11,000 community health workers providing TB care around the world
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