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News and Stories
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How You Can Help Victims of the Nepal Earthquake
News of the earthquake that struck Nepal at noon April 25 has left us deeply saddened. Some of us have worked there. Others have enjoyed traveling there. All of us at Partners In Health know how an earthquake can exacerbate poverty. One moment, it is weak buildings, under-equipped hospitals, not enough rice in the bowl; the next, it is a humanitarian crisis. Our hearts go out to the people of Nepal. Thankfully, many organizations are providing relief.
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Back for Good: Clinicians Return to West Africa
Never mind that he knew nothing about ranching, PIH clinician Devin Platt was obsessed with becoming a rancher. After college he saved what feed money he could from seasonal jobs as a raft guide and ski patroller. During long drives around the West, he kept his eyes open for the ideal small town. He enrolled in nursing school, in part because it was a natural extension of his backcountry emergency-medicine skills, and in part because an RN promised the free time to learn something about cows. Mostly he cold-called ranchers, some three-dozen between 2004 and 2014.
April 28, 2015
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What Does It Mean to Heal and Be Healed? #WeHeal
Thank you for being part of the #WeHeal project! From April 10 through April 26, we asked you to share stories of how you were healed or helped someone else heal. And you did—big time. We sparked a global conversation and received dozens of submissions from people who wrote poems, took pictures, recorded video, and shared stories about the healing process. Some entries brought smiles, other tears; but they all show how #WeHeal together. Here's a sampling of some of our favorites:
April 22, 2015
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Haiti: Training a New Generation of Family Physicians
When it launched in 2011, the St. Marc family medicine residency was PIH’s first formal training program for medical specialists in Haiti, made possible through a partnership with sister organization Zanmi Lasante, Haiti’s national medical school, and the Ministry of Health. The first six residents finished their three-year program in December; and five are now working part- or full-time as attending physicians or mentors for residents within the PIH/ZL network. Another 16 family medicine residents are now training at St. Marc's Hôpital St. Nicolas.
April 20, 2015
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Young Doctors Ensure Continuity of Care in Rural Mexico
Since launching in 2012, Compañeros En Salud has partnered with Mexico’s Ministry of Health to send seven generations of first-year doctors—25 in all—to rural, public clinics at 10 sites throughout Chiapas. Each transition requires a careful passing of the baton from one wave of doctors to the next. While CES staff facilitate this transition through introductions and regular site visits, outgoing doctors smooth the path for their colleagues by remaining in the community for as many as four weeks to bring them up to speed on patients’ cases and help them adjust to life in a remote rural location.
April 14, 2015
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Partners In Health Clinician Leaves Hospital Free of Ebola
The Partners In Health clinician recovering from Ebola virus disease was discharged earlier today from the National Institutes of Health.
April 9, 2015
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PIH, Sierra Leone Address Needs of Pregnant Women amid Ebola
Caring for women with pregnancy complications during the Ebola outbreak has been difficult, but clinicians are making progress with a specialized unit at a Freetown hospital.
April 8, 2015
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Karin Huster: Fairness in Ebola Treatment
Nurse Karin Huster, a PIH clinical lead in Sierra Leone, writes on the need to ask tough questions in "All Lives Matter," published April 6, 2015, in Slate.
April 7, 2015
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PIH Clinician Upgraded to Good Condition
The National Institutes of Health upgraded the Partners In Health clinician infected with Ebola virus disease to good condition today.
April 7, 2015
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PIH Mexico Expands to Two New Sites in Chiapas
CES partners with Mexico’s Ministry of Health to recruit and train young doctors, who manage public clinics throughout Chiapas during their social service year. The first-year doctors, or pasantes, have conducted more than 45,000 patient visits in eight communities throughout the southeastern state since CES began providing services there in 2012. CES expanded to Letrero and Monterrey in February, pushing its reach farther into the surrounding Sierra Madre mountains.
April 1, 2015