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News and Stories
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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
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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
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Rights Groups Launch Groundbreaking Report on Right to Water in Haiti
Groups Allege U.S. and the IDB Violated Rights by Obstructing Vital Water Project
June 16, 2008
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Academic Collaboration Brings Vital OR Skills to Zanmi Lasante
Every since she was a child growing up in Haiti, Marie Myrléne St. Vil Marius has wanted to dedicate her life “to people who have nothing and are in need.”
June 12, 2008
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Training session helps former Soviet countries tackle multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
The first scientific-practical training course "Treatment of Patients with MDR-TB" was held for doctors and TB specialists of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Tomsk, Siberia this June.
June 10, 2008
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Painting a community
Children make their artistic mark on local community center.
June 4, 2008