News and Stories
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The Tiniest Ebola Patients
Children younger than 5 are at high risk of death when they become sick with Ebola. Malnutrition and other diseases play a role, as does the difficulty of treatment. PIH clinicians are building protocols to try to help the little ones survive.
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Nurse Cheedy Jaja: Why I Serve in Sierra Leone
"I know that I would not forgive myself if I don't go," says Nurse Cheedy Jaja, an associate professor of nursing at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, in this audio reflection.
March 10, 2015
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PIH Expands Emergency Response as Malawi Flooding Intensifies
PIH/APZU is providing services beyond Neno District for the first time, aiding flood victims in nearby Chikwawa. Clinicians are seeing about 250 patients a day at the new clinic.
March 4, 2015
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Delivering Interventions, Aid to Family’s Door
Zamanta Huarcaya Tamani was not a typical toddler. Unlike other children her age born without a developmental disability, she didn't babble or wander haphazardly around the house. Thanks to a new program launched by Socios en Salud, Partners In Health's sister organization based in Lima, Peru, a community health worker has been visiting Zamanta's home to train her parents in age-appropriate activities for their daughter. After 12 such training sessions, Zamanta's parents have helped her learn to walk and talk. This is her story.
February 26, 2015
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Ebola by the Numbers
February 25, 2015
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Cholera Vaccine Succeeds in Haiti
This month Dr. Louise C. Ivers and colleagues publish a paper that shows exactly how much the vaccine Shanchol slowed the spread of cholera in villages north of St. Marc, Haiti, in 2012.
February 20, 2015
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Pediatric Development Clinic Helps High-Risk Babies in Rwanda
Rwanda's Ministry of Health and PIH/IMB have started a clinic for infants at high risk of death and developmental delays. The clinic also helps caregivers support and improve development for these babies.
February 18, 2015
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Malawi Maternity Ward Welcomes First Babies
Partners In Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo is now seeing patients at its new maternity and gynecology wards in Neno District. The PIH/APZU team and the Ministry of Health hope the improved care encourages pregnant women to deliver at the hospital.
February 13, 2015
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In Their Own Words: Ebola Clinicians Share Stories
“What was a high point? What was a low point?” Those are the questions we recently asked a half-dozen doctors and nurses working in Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs) in Sierra Leone. Their answers were surprisingly candid. And they remind us that beneath the flurry of news headlines, plenty of real people are battling a very real virus.
February 12, 2015
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Haiti: Radiology Improves Hospital Care
At University Hospital, coordination among staff members on the ground in Haiti, Partners In Health in Boston, and U.S.-based doctors keeps the radiology department running smoothly.
February 11, 2015