News and Stories
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New hospital opens in Haiti's Central Plateau
Built through a partnership between the Haitian Ministry of Health and Zanmi Lasante, the new facility will help serve the communities of Lascahobas and Lacolline.
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Advocating at the APHA Annual Conference 2007
PIH Advocacy and Policy Manager Donna Barry recently attended the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting in Washington, DC, and reported back about her experience.
November 21, 2007
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Rwanda scales up community-based national rural health system
IMB and their partners in the Rwandan Ministry of Health and the Clinton Foundation have now committed to making comprehensive, community-based care the model for Rwanda
October 1, 2007
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Fast and lobby to cancel Haiti's debt
Partners In Health is calling on friends and supporters of Haiti to join Paul Farmer and other PIH staff in skipping meals and taking action to help build pressure to cancel Haiti's crippling debt.
September 20, 2007
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Report from the Cange forum 2007
Monika Kaira Varma, Director of the Center for Human Rights at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, shares her thoughts on the 2007 Cange Forum.
September 19, 2007
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Greetings from the Cange forum on health and human rights
On September 6 and 7, Zanmi Lasante held its thirteenth forum on health and human rights,
September 18, 2007
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Dr. Joia Mukherjee Testifies Before Congress
PIH Medical Director Dr. Joia Mukherjee testifies before the House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health in 2007 on the issue of Health Systems Strengthening and the AIDS Pandemic.
September 12, 2007
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Village Health Workers Song
Composed and performed by Village Health Workers in Lesotho Translated by Archie AyehThe message has reached all nations Our people, the time has come Time to fight the fiercest battle We have to fight to defend the Basotho nationPeople, young and old, take up your weapons Let’s fight and defend our Basotho nation Because AIDS has wiped our nation Children are left behind as orphans
September 12, 2007
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Breakthrough in Bobete
The PIH project in Lesotho scored an important breakthrough in mid-September in its efforts to bring universal HIV prevention, testing and treatment to remote mountain communities. The Bobete health center organized its first clinic session designed specifically to encourage participation, education and testing for men.
September 5, 2007
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14th Annual Thomas J. White Symposium
Save the date: PIH Symposium coming to Cambridge
September 4, 2007