Managing Pain and Adding Comfort: A Day in Atupere Phiri's Life

Posted on Oct 2, 2015

To help people suffering from long-term debilitating illnesses, Partners In Health partnered with the Malawian Ministry of Health and the Palliative Care Support Trust, a charity based in Blantyre, to launch a palliative care program in 2012 in Malawi’s remote southern district of Neno. Since its inception, the program has provided clinic- and home-based care to 225 patients living with health conditions such as Kaposi sarcoma, cervical cancer, hypertension and stroke, and liver cirrhosis.

Acompañantes Begin Work in Chiapas

Posted on Jul 23, 2012

The first group of trained community health workers in Compañeros En Salud, PIH’s new project in Chiapas, Mexico, is providing medical and social support -- and bridging the gap between the clinic and the community.

ADULT: EPILEPSY

Posted on Mar 7, 2012

 

Women often face the dual challenge of caring for children and being the breadwinner for the household in places where formal jobs are hard to come by. Partners In Health helps women find dignified work and the social support they need to be healthy and economically productive.

VIDEO: Treating Pulane

Posted on Oct 31, 2011

A young, dangerously emaciated girl in Lesotho is examined and treated at a specialized TB facility, in an attempt to reverse her life threatening condition(s).