News and Stories
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Ebola by the Numbers
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Cholera Vaccine Succeeds in Haiti
This month Dr. Louise C. Ivers and colleagues publish a paper that shows exactly how much the vaccine Shanchol slowed the spread of cholera in villages north of St. Marc, Haiti, in 2012.
February 20, 2015
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Pediatric Development Clinic Helps High-Risk Babies in Rwanda
Rwanda's Ministry of Health and PIH/IMB have started a clinic for infants at high risk of death and developmental delays. The clinic also helps caregivers support and improve development for these babies.
February 18, 2015
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Malawi Maternity Ward Welcomes First Babies
Partners In Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo is now seeing patients at its new maternity and gynecology wards in Neno District. The PIH/APZU team and the Ministry of Health hope the improved care encourages pregnant women to deliver at the hospital.
February 13, 2015
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In Their Own Words: Ebola Clinicians Share Stories
“What was a high point? What was a low point?” Those are the questions we recently asked a half-dozen doctors and nurses working in Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs) in Sierra Leone. Their answers were surprisingly candid. And they remind us that beneath the flurry of news headlines, plenty of real people are battling a very real virus.
February 12, 2015
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Haiti: Radiology Improves Hospital Care
At University Hospital, coordination among staff members on the ground in Haiti, Partners In Health in Boston, and U.S.-based doctors keeps the radiology department running smoothly.
February 11, 2015
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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.
February 6, 2015
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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