News and Stories
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Haiti's University Hospital Celebrates Second Anniversary
Now celebrating its two-year anniversary, University Hospital in Mirebalais is a boon for the region and the country following the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
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Four PIH Clinicians Returned to United States for Monitoring
At the request of the CDC, four clinicians working with PIH in Sierra Leone were transported to the United States on Tuesday for active monitoring. None has shown symptoms of Ebola.
March 18, 2015
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Dr. Paul Farmer: 'Redoubling Our Efforts'
[T]he everyday health conditions faced by the poor across much of West Africa are nothing if not a disaster. Redoubling our efforts in Sierra Leone and Liberia, while supporting the Guinean effort as we are able, should be the next step for PIH and its partners.
March 17, 2015
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Dr. Gary Gottlieb Joins PIH
Partners In Health welcomes new CEO Dr. Gary Gottlieb.
March 16, 2015
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Update on Ebola Response: Clinicians Returning from Sierra Leone
Out of an abundance of caution, and in collaboration with the CDC, ten clinicians working with PIH in Sierra Leone are being transported to the United States via non-commercial aircraft and will remain in isolation near designated U.S. Ebola treatment facilities.
March 14, 2015
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Partners In Health Clinician Admitted for Ebola Treatment
A Partners In Health clinician working in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the Ebola virus and is receiving treatment in the U.S.
March 12, 2015
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The Tiniest Ebola Patients
Children younger than 5 are at high risk of death when they become sick with Ebola. Malnutrition and other diseases play a role, as does the difficulty of treatment. PIH clinicians are building protocols to try to help the little ones survive.
March 12, 2015
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Nurse Cheedy Jaja: Why I Serve in Sierra Leone
"I know that I would not forgive myself if I don't go," says Nurse Cheedy Jaja, an associate professor of nursing at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, in this audio reflection.
March 10, 2015
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PIH Expands Emergency Response as Malawi Flooding Intensifies
PIH/APZU is providing services beyond Neno District for the first time, aiding flood victims in nearby Chikwawa. Clinicians are seeing about 250 patients a day at the new clinic.
March 4, 2015
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Delivering Interventions, Aid to Family’s Door
Zamanta Huarcaya Tamani was not a typical toddler. Unlike other children her age born without a developmental disability, she didn't babble or wander haphazardly around the house. Thanks to a new program launched by Socios en Salud, Partners In Health's sister organization based in Lima, Peru, a community health worker has been visiting Zamanta's home to train her parents in age-appropriate activities for their daughter. After 12 such training sessions, Zamanta's parents have helped her learn to walk and talk. This is her story.
February 26, 2015