News and Stories
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Water as a source of life and of loss
A reflection on the power of water over the lives of the poor on a trip with the nonprofit organization charity: water.
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Tiny twins get double the care in the Central Plateau
Babies born prematurely and underweight rarely survive in rural central Haiti. Could the Jolie twins beat the odds?
June 14, 2009
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"Give us just two weeks"
After suffering a paralyzing injury, all Patrick wanted was "to be taken home to die." PIH's partner organization in Malawi had two weeks convince him otherwise.
May 13, 2009
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New hospital boosts health and pride in Malawi
Barely two years after PIH's partner organization Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (APZU) arrived and started treating patients, Neno boasts Malawi's newest, full-service district hospital.
April 15, 2009
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Students enlist Vivaldi and Beethoven to help support PIH
High school students perform in a benefit concert to support the work of Partners In Health
April 10, 2009
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Walking for Haiti, health, hope, and houses
A three-mile walk through the streets of Cambridge, MA, on April 4 may help change the lives of five families living in some of the poorest communities in the poorest country in the western hemisphere.
March 14, 2009
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Partner in profile: Jean Louis Romain
A pediatrician in Haiti shares his story, and the stories of his young patients.
February 28, 2009
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Hard times come again no more
Hard times, like the current global financial crisis, inevitably bring sad stories. "It is in recounting the saddest stories that I am often asked, 'Does what we do matter?'" writes PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee in a recent letter to supporters.
February 26, 2009
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Global health recommendations for a new administration and congress
Following the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, a coalition of organizations dedicated to global health equity, including Partners In Health, came together to prepare recommendations for steps the new Administration and new Congress could take to seize "a unique opportunity to redefine foreign aid policy to help those most impoverished and to save lives."
February 10, 2009
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Change Haiti Can Believe In 2009
Change Haiti Can Believe In, a presentation with Matt Damon, Paul Farmer, Linda Dorcena Forry, and Brian Concannon, Jr., moderated by Amy Goodman.
January 7, 2009