News and Stories
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Ophelia Dahl on the Vaccination Debate
Ophelia Dahl, co-founder and executive director of Partners In Health, discussed with broadcaster Katie Couric this week a letter Dahl’s father wrote 27 years ago about the importance of vaccinations.
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PIH Continues Mobile Clinic amid Malawi Flooding
Severe flooding in Malawi in January and February has displaced thousands of people. Partners In Health's Malawian sister organization has responded to health-related issues with a weekly mobile clinic.
February 6, 2015
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World Cancer Day: Oncology Services in Haiti
Dr. Ruth Damuse, oncology program director for Partners In Health's Haitian sister organization, Zanmi Lasante, helped establish PIH/ZL's formal cancer care in Haiti.
February 4, 2015
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Daily Life in an Ebola Treatment Unit
Karin Huster has spent months battling Ebola in West Africa. The 48-year-old nurse trained Ebola responders in Liberia in September and October. And after Partners In Health pledged to fight the epidemic, she became one of the organization’s first short-term clinicians, in Port Loko, Sierra Leone, in November and December. When Ebola is beaten, it will be in no small part thanks to people like her.
February 2, 2015
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Dr. Paul Farmer: Who Lives and Who Dies
Dr. Paul Farmer writes on the inequities of healthcare funding in "Who Lives and Who Dies," published February 5, 2015, in the London Review of Books.
January 29, 2015
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PIH Responds to Malawi Floods with Mobile Clinic
Floods in Malawi have killed scores of people, displaced thousands, and destroyed crops. PIH's sister organization and the Ministry of Health took action, organizing a mobile clinic to distribute basic supplies and provide medical care.
January 28, 2015
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University Hospital Draws Surgeon Back Home
Dr. Mac Lee Jean Louis is the director of surgery at University Hospital in Mirebalais, which Partners In Health operates in partnership with Haiti’s Ministry of Health. Born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Jean Louis attended Haiti’s State University and did his residency at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince. After more than two decades working in surgery departments in Brooklyn and Harlem, Jean Louis returned to Haiti to serve his country. Tell us about your role at University Hospital.
January 23, 2015
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Haiti's Next Generation of Doctors Reflect
Two medical residents reflect on Haiti five years after the earthquake.
January 16, 2015
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Post-Earthquake Haiti: ‘Always there is Opportunity’
Dr. Ralph Ternier is director of community care and support at Zanmi Lasante, Partners In Health’s sister organization in Haiti. He reflects on his experiences during the country’s earthquake in 2010—and the five years since.
January 13, 2015
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Haiti: Rehab Helps Patients Regain Independence
Partners In Health's rehab program at University Hospital in Haiti has expanded since the 2010 earthquake, helping hundreds of people with physical disabilities and other diagnoses.
January 12, 2015