News and Stories
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Q&A: Why the United States Needs a New Public Health Workforce
PIH and key partners are building a campaign to advocate for the U.S. government to build a larger workforce to help stop COVID-19, strengthen the economy, and build equitable public health systems across the nation.
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Video: PIH Staff Reflect On Justice In Health Care
PIH staff reflect on what justice in health care means to them in their communities around the world, from Peru to Malawi.
January 21, 2021
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In Rural Mexico, Clinicians Deliver Lifesaving Care Amid Fast-Moving Pandemic
As the fight against COVID-19 continues in Chiapas, Mexico, clinicians are leveraging their expertise and experience to respond with compassionate care, applying lessons learned over the past several months.
January 19, 2021
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Three Haitian Nurses Among Cohort Chosen for Executive Fellowship
It was a typical morning for Gretta Joseph, deputy chief nursing officer at University Hospital of Mirebalais in Haiti. She was still at home, going through her work email and getting a sense of her schedule for the day at the hospital, when she noticed the congratulatory message informing her she had been accepted to Partners In Health’s Global Nurse Executive Fellowship. She let out a celebratory scream, alarming her husband who rushed into the room. Soon he was joining her celebration; he knew how much she had wanted this.
January 13, 2021
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Mothers Caring For Mothers: Delivering Maternal Care In Chiapas, Mexico
In Chiapas, Mexico, PIH hires and trains community health workers to provide care across a range of clinical areas, including maternal health.
January 5, 2021
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Family Medicine Residency Provides High-Quality, In-Demand Training in Haiti
When a pregnant woman was rushed to Saint-Nicolas Hospital in Saint-Marc for severe bleeding, Dr. Charnee Magalie Villemenay—now a second-year medical resident—had to act quickly, as the baby’s heart rate had begun to drop.
January 5, 2021
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Our Most-Read Stories of 2020
Though the COVID-19 pandemic flooded our work, website, and lives in 2020, a third of our most-read blog posts this year focused on other topics. Here are the 12 most-read stories of 2020, listed by date of publication.
December 30, 2020
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PIH in the News: Our Favorite Moments of 2020
With nearly 400 mentions in the press in 2020, it was difficult to narrow the list down to our favorites. But here's a selection of our top 13, listed by date of publication.
December 23, 2020
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PIH in Images: 2020
Through incredibly challenging times, this glimpse at PIH's work around the world reflects an unshakeable solidarity in a year that separated us—and brought us closer together.
December 23, 2020
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Youth-Friendly Centers Provide Safe Space for Reproductive Health Care Services in Liberia
Over the past two years, 20-year-old Comfort Cheebo has never missed an appointment for her birth control shots, which are injected every three months. That’s because she doesn’t want an unplanned pregnancy to stand in the way of her career goals.
December 23, 2020