News and Stories
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The Path of a Breast Cancer Patient in Haiti
Women diagnosed with breast cancer feel the news like a heavy blow, yet they can take comfort in knowing they will receive the best cancer care in the country at University Hospital in Mirebalais.
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How to Stop Epidemics: Spend Billions to Save Trillions
Without proper investment in health systems, global health experts forecast future pandemics.
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Cervical Cancer Program Expands in Haiti
In November, Partners In Health launched a two-year program that will dramatically increase its capacity to vaccinate young girls and screen and treat women for cervical cancer in Haiti.
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Need to Know: Zika Virus
The Zika virus has been reported in 23 countries and territories so far, including Haiti and Mexico, where Partners In Health has thousands of staff and serves thousands more patients on a daily basis. Dr. Joia Mukherjee, PIH's chief medical officer and an infectious disease expert, answers key questions about the virus.
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Study Finds Poverty Spread Ebola
A study quantifies how poor areas of Monrovia increased transmission of Ebola in 2014.
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We Stay: A 30-Year Commitment in Haiti
Our work in Haiti spread from a one-room clinic to 12 sites across the country's poorest region.
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We Build Health Systems: Caring for People in Chiapas
We place doctors in rural public clinics, which fills a chronic gap in Mexico's health care system.
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We Make House Calls: A Home Visit in Rwanda
Athanasie Mukamana rises early, walks across the fertile red soil of her town in eastern Rwanda, and knocks on the door of a familiar house before the sun is up.
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We Go: PIH in West Africa
We partnered with the governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone in September 2014 to fight Ebola.
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'Dr. Moí' Will See You Now
Moíses Mazariegos started working with PIH in Mexico as its first driver, but he does more than sit behind the wheel of a pickup truck. He's a patient advocate, an adviser, a skilled negotiator, and a good friend to everyone he meets.