Dr. Giuseppe “Bepi” Raviola, PIH’s Director of Mental Health, oversees a growing program that is caring for thousands of people in Haiti and Rwanda; developing safe houses for women with chronic mental illness in Peru; working to treat common mental disorders in communities across eight countries; and much more. We caught up with him for an eye-opening chat.

It was a story no doctor wants to tell. 

But at Botšabelo Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho, during a recent training on mental health care, a doctor related the story of a man who had successfully completed two grueling years of treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, or MDR-TB—only to succumb to a different, devastating illness, that far too often goes unseen.   

The program will expand mental health screening and treatment—and serve as a national model for Haiti.

PIH's Director of Mental Health advocates services and rights for patients with mental health issues.

Since the 2010 earthquake, PIH has provided mental health and psychosocial support services to help thousands of survivors, and those suffering from mental disorders.

In Haiti and Rwanda, our Pagenel Fellows care for those in need, train future health workers.

In Haiti, PIH Mental Health program making big strides.

PIH's new Dr. Mario Pagenel Fellowship in Global Mental Health Delivery treats local people, trains next generation of health workers.

Tatiana Therosme named on list of most inspiring people working to improve the lives of women.

Philadelphia NPR affiliate WHYY reports on PIH