News and Stories
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Fixing Haiti's environmental woes
From solar panels to composting latrines, PIH's partner organization in Haiti is working to combat hundreds of years of environmental degradation with several new projects.
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Love walks in
With the bones of her shin protruding at a 90 degree angle, many thought the young Haitian girl would never walk again, let alone attend school. The Zanmi Lasante team thought otherwise.
July 22, 2009
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From "waitress" to waitress
APZU provides Malawi sex workers with alternative employment opportunities, education, and health care
June 26, 2009
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Fighting global AIDS: Samson's story
Many people in rural Malawi don't believe that they could be HIV positive, or are too scared to get tested. Samson Njolomole is trying to change this.
June 19, 2009
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Water as a source of life and of loss
A reflection on the power of water over the lives of the poor on a trip with the nonprofit organization charity: water.
June 17, 2009
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Tiny twins get double the care in the Central Plateau
Babies born prematurely and underweight rarely survive in rural central Haiti. Could the Jolie twins beat the odds?
June 14, 2009
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"Give us just two weeks"
After suffering a paralyzing injury, all Patrick wanted was "to be taken home to die." PIH's partner organization in Malawi had two weeks convince him otherwise.
May 13, 2009
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New hospital boosts health and pride in Malawi
Barely two years after PIH's partner organization Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (APZU) arrived and started treating patients, Neno boasts Malawi's newest, full-service district hospital.
April 15, 2009
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Students enlist Vivaldi and Beethoven to help support PIH
High school students perform in a benefit concert to support the work of Partners In Health
April 10, 2009
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Walking for Haiti, health, hope, and houses
A three-mile walk through the streets of Cambridge, MA, on April 4 may help change the lives of five families living in some of the poorest communities in the poorest country in the western hemisphere.
March 14, 2009