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News and Stories
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‘Mountain Kingdom’ of Lesotho Making Huge Strides with Health Reform
Every three months or so, Atlehang Seisa saddles up.
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A Mother, Her Twins, and an 8-Hour Ambulance Ride in Mexico
Alejandra Catalina Ramirez was elated to learn she was pregnant with twins. When she went into labor two months early, PIH clinicians and colleagues in the Ministry of Health swung into action in a race to save the three patients' lives.
May 11, 2018
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The Ups and Downs of an Oncology Nurse in Haiti
Magda Louis Juste, an oncology nurse at University Hospital in Mirebalais, talks about the role of nursing in Haiti, the importance of advocating for patients, and the need for local, specialized training.
May 11, 2018
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One Mother's Fear in Lesotho: Will My Newborn Also Live With HIV?
Thabo Lerata* was born at 1 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2018, the first baby of the New Year to be delivered at Holy Cross Health Center in the highland district of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho. His 36-year-old mother, Mathabo Lerata,* made quite a trip to bring him into the world.
May 8, 2018
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New Maternal Waiting Home in Haiti Offers "Priceless" Care
Since opening last year, the maternal waiting home at University Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti, has welcomed hundreds of women with complicated pregnancies and mothers of NICU infants who need to be close to specialized care.
May 4, 2018
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PIH Featured as The Economist Calls for Universal Care
"As this week’s special report shows, the goal of universal basic health care is sensible, affordable and practical, even in poor countries. Without it, the potential of modern medicine will be squandered.” So argues the cover story of the latest issue of The Economist magazine, a seven-part examination of how best to provide care for all. PIH features prominently.
April 30, 2018
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MSF's Dr. Liu and PIH's Dr. Farmer Raise the Alarm
Usually poor. Generally living in the slums or countryside. Busy just trying to stay alive. People who suffer tuberculosis struggle to be seen, let alone treated. On behalf of them, today Dr. Paul Farmer, a founder of Partners In Health, and Dr. Joanne Liu, the international president of Médecins Sans Frontières, published a jointly written op-ed in Project Syndicate, a Czech-based organization that offers free news commentary to some 500 media outlets around the world.
March 26, 2018
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TB Patient Advances Care in Liberia
Partners In Health community health worker Patricia Mankuah often uses a motorcycle taxi to reach her patients in Harper, a town in remote southern Liberia, and last summer, she frequently hired Paul*, a friendly, trusted 30-something with a reliable motorcycle.
March 23, 2018
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Melquiades Huauya Ore: From MDR-TB Patient, to Survivor, to Movie Star and Advocate
Melquiades Huauya Ore was 18 when he was diagnosed with MDR-TB, one of the deadliest strains of the disease. After years of treatment, he became cured. Along the way, he met the future World Bank president, and his story was retold in Bending the Arc, a documentary about PIH's 30-year evolution.
March 23, 2018
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Dauntless Lesotho man defeats MDR-TB, defies family history
A severe form of tuberculosis killed Moeketsi Ts'osane’s mother in 2008, and one of his brothers in 2010. Health workers suspect the disease may also have contributed to the 2005 death of Ts'osane’s father, who had worked as a miner in South Africa. So when Ts'osane was diagnosed with MDR-TB himself, in 2015, his family and friends had grim hopes for his future. “The people around me, because of what had happened…to them, it was the end of me,” the 29-year-old Ts'osane said in February, sitting at work in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho.
March 20, 2018