News and Stories
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Interactive website features PIH programs
The Harvard News Office recently produced a multimedia website featuring Zanmi Lasante, PIH's partners in Haiti.
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PIH completes national training program with a session in St. Petersburg
PIH trains doctors across Russian in MDR-TB treatment.
January 4, 2008
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PIH Medical Director Joia Mukherjee reflects on two decades of fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS
Nearly two decades ago, the first World AIDS Day originated at the World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programs for AIDS Prevention. It began as an occasion to remember the dead, to mourn the untreatable epidemic that was before us, and to focus on preventing its further spread. The world has changed.
January 2, 2008
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Battling HIV/AIDS: World AIDS Day brings a cause for celebration around the world
The HIV/AIDS epidemic threatens countries around the world, and currently infects about 33 million people. Although the international fight against the disease often seems difficult and endless, there are also countless victories each year. World AIDS Day on December 1 was the occasion for celebrations by PIH partner organizations around the world.
January 2, 2008
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New hospital opens in Haiti's Central Plateau
Built through a partnership between the Haitian Ministry of Health and Zanmi Lasante, the new facility will help serve the communities of Lascahobas and Lacolline.
January 1, 2008
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Advocating at the APHA Annual Conference 2007
PIH Advocacy and Policy Manager Donna Barry recently attended the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting in Washington, DC, and reported back about her experience.
November 21, 2007
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Rwanda scales up community-based national rural health system
IMB and their partners in the Rwandan Ministry of Health and the Clinton Foundation have now committed to making comprehensive, community-based care the model for Rwanda
October 1, 2007
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Fast and lobby to cancel Haiti's debt
Partners In Health is calling on friends and supporters of Haiti to join Paul Farmer and other PIH staff in skipping meals and taking action to help build pressure to cancel Haiti's crippling debt.
September 20, 2007
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Report from the Cange forum 2007
Monika Kaira Varma, Director of the Center for Human Rights at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, shares her thoughts on the 2007 Cange Forum.
September 19, 2007
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Greetings from the Cange forum on health and human rights
On September 6 and 7, Zanmi Lasante held its thirteenth forum on health and human rights,
September 18, 2007