News and Stories
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'The Core of Our Program:' Likhapha Ntlamelle Leading MDR-TB Outreach in Lesotho
Slowing the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Lesotho means going to many more places than hospitals and clinics. It means going to taxi associations. Mining companies. High schools. Primary schools. Prisons and police facilities.
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Parents Managing HIV, Four Healthy Kids in Lesotho
On a sunny morning in February, near the end of a hot, dry summer in the southern Africa nation of Lesotho, Mafelleng September held her month-old infant on her lap while two young children played on the floor in front of her.
March 9, 2018
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#ThanksToHer: Kazakhstan TB Doctor Has Changed Thousands of Lives
When asked how many tuberculosis (TB) patients she’s treated over the past 20 years in Kazakhstan, Dr. Zhenisgul Daugarina smiled before giving numbers for just the past three. "Over the past three years, 268 patients have been discharged from (our) MDR/XDR-TB treatment department, and another 568 have been transferred to other units to continue treatment," she said.
March 5, 2018
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A Haitian Mother's Lifelong Battle with Leukemia
Martha Cassemond was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia when she was 12 and has been on lifesaving medication for the past 13 years, thanks to the care and support of Partners In Health in Haiti.
February 15, 2018
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Marana Toussaint: Mother, Survivor, Advocate in Haiti
Marana Toussaint, 37, underwent extensive surgery and battled cancer with the help of PIH staff at University Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti. Now, she educates others about the importance of health care.
February 8, 2018
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New Distribution Center, Software Vastly Modernizes Medical Storage in Haiti
A new 17,000-square-foot distribution center dramatically increased storage, while a new software system helped modernize how inventory is maintained at PIH's central office in Haiti.
January 18, 2018
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Ophelia Dahl Tells WBUR We Must Fight "for the Humanity of All People"
PIH Co-founder Ophelia Dahl spoke of her experience working alongside Haitian colleagues in the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake and the importance of fighting for the humanity of all people.
January 18, 2018
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PIH Making Strides Against TB, Stigma in Kazakhstan
Partners In Health and collaborators are taking big steps forward in the fight against tuberculosis in Kazakhstan, where increasing use of the first new TB drugs in decades, an innovative clinical trial, and digital technologies that better connect patients to caregivers all are raising hopes for more successful treatments.
January 17, 2018
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PIH Stands with Haiti on Earthquake Anniversary
On the earthquake anniversary, one PIH leader in Haiti reflects on the country's current state, and it's inability to welcome 60,000 Haitian nationals from the U.S. once their Temporary Protected Status expires in 2019.
January 11, 2018
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Malawi Program Making GAINs in Maternal Health
Clinicians at Partners In Health-supported facilities around the world provided more than 30,000 safe, facility-based childbirths in 2017, according to year-end estimates—and thanks to a growing collaboration, more and more of those safe childbirths are happening in a rural district in Malawi.
January 8, 2018