News and Stories
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Haiti Hurricane Updates 2008
Read more about PIH's work in response to Hurricanes Gustav and Hanna.
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"I have never seen anything as painful": Paul Farmer writes from flood ravaged Haiti
Paul Farmer writes about the devastation caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Hanna in Haiti in September 2008.
September 17, 2008
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Promotores juveniles become valuable resources for their communities and their families
Socios en Salud teaches youth health promoters (promotores juveniles) valuable communications skills to improve family relations; as well as tutoring skills and health information to help other children in their communities.
September 17, 2008
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Ghost town left behind as floodwaters recede in central Haiti
Haiti recovers from floods after Hurricane Ike.
September 16, 2008
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Action alert: Fighting poverty and disease in hurricane-stricken Haiti
Torrential rains from Hurricanes Gustav and Hanna swept through Haiti earlier this week, leaving behind dangerous flood waters and devastated communities
September 14, 2008
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RTHC program brings Haitian boy to Boston for skull surgery
11-month-old Dumanel Luxama happily coos and chortles as his father stands beside him.
September 1, 2008
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Village Health Works heals people and communities in Burundi
In 1993, Deo escaped a civil war in his native country of Burundi, but he couldn
August 5, 2008
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Studies confirm XDR-TB can be cured
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is curable with intensive and specialized care conclude two recent studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and The Lancet. Researchers found that fully 60 percent of the patients enrolled in the studies with XDR-TB were successfully treated and cured.
August 1, 2008
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One house at a time: Malawi program constructs social and economic equity
Elana Hayasaka from the Boston-based PIH Communications Department visited Malawi to report on PIH
July 1, 2008
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A year of accomplishments for Lesotho's national multidrug-resistant TB program
In the small mountainous country of Lesotho, patients infected with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) faced almost certain death just one year ago. Today they and their families have reason to hope for a better prognosis. Last July, the first patients enrolled in Lesotho
June 30, 2008