News and Stories
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10 Years in Rwanda: Leaders Reflect
On the occasion of PIH/Rwanda's 10th anniversary, we asked five leaders to reflect on the changes they've seen.
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Malawian Med Student: 'Global Health Brought Out the Activist in Me'
Ndifanji Melia Namacha, 22, is completing her final year of medical school at the University of Malawi.
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A Plan, 14 Hens, and a Rooster in Chiapas
Chronic malnutrition affects 44 percent of children in rural Chiapas—a rate that is six times the national average in Mexico.
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What We're Reading this Summer
Take a look at what books PIH staff are reading this summer.
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Daily Rounds in Navajo Nation
Senior Community Health Worker Betty J. John checks on her high-risk patients near Shonto, Arizona.
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Safe Water, Access to Sanitation, Hygiene Key to Kicking Cholera
Zanmi Lasante, Partners In Health's sister organization in Haiti, created its own water, sanitation, and hygiene program in an effort to eliminate cholera.
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Mexico's President Honors Chiapas Nurse
Mónica Córdoba received the Lucida Salcido national nursing prize in April for her years of service in the remote, rural community of Capitán in Chiapas. Nadia Sanchez, a social service doctor working with Compaňeros En Salud, Partners In Health's sister organization in Mexico, nominated her for the prize and says she has learned many lessons from the seasoned nurse since arriving in the community last August.
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Liberia's New Nurses, New Hope
If Liberia is going to rebuild its civil-war-battered, Ebola-splintered health system, it needs pioneers like Tubman’s new nurses.
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Cecilia Kanjadza Reaches University from Rural Malawi
Cecilia Kanjadza, 19, scanned the local newspaper in Neno, Malawi, for her name while standing in Partners In Health’s office. It was a moment she wanted to share with PIH staff. Earlier that day she had received a phone call letting her know she had been accepted to college. The newspaper, containing university admissions, would confirm this.
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A Quick, Portable Test for Ebola
In late June, Partners In Health staff and colleagues published a study on a groundbreaking medical device. Appearing in The Lancet, the study shows that a portable, fast-working Ebola test called ReEBOV was widely effective.