News and Stories
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Mable's Story: A Tale of Progress, and a Mother's Loss, in Liberia
Last summer in Maryland County, Liberia—the poorest corner of one of the world’s most impoverished nations—16-year-old Mable Elliot found out she was pregnant.
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New Yorker’s Ariel Levy Reflects on Ophelia Dahl, and Optimism as a “Moral Choice”
Ariel Levy, a staff writer with The New Yorker, traveled with PIH Co-founder Ophelia Dahl to Sierra Leone last October. She reflects on her experience reporting and writing her profile of Dahl, and the importance of universal health care.
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Ophelia Dahl Writes for WBUR on How to Reduce Maternal Mortality Worldwide
Partners In Health Co-founder Ophelia Dahl wrote for WBUR’s Cognoscenti about the need to reduce maternal mortality in countries like Sierra Leone--and the United States.
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Inspiring Interview with Dr. Paul Farmer in The Harvard Gazette
To coincide with the class of 2018’s graduation this month, the official news outlet for the university spoke with Professor and Partners in Health Co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer. After a flattering introduction, the interviewer got right to it. Q: Do you still love what you do?
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Global Views, Local Ideas: Lab Leaders Collaborate at Annual Workshop
Laboratory Director Roger Calderon needed more space to support tuberculosis work in Lima, Peru, so he led design and construction of a new lab made from a shipping container. Four people can work in the 400-square-foot facility, which has centrifuges, freezers and a customized ventilation system that recirculates the air 27 times an hour.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.