Malawi Program Making GAINs in Maternal Health

Posted on Jan 8, 2018

Clinicians at Partners In Health-supported facilities around the world provided more than 30,000 safe, facility-based childbirths in 2017, according to year-end estimates—and thanks to a growing collaboration, more and more of those safe childbirths are happening in a rural district in Malawi. 

Fellowship Providing Vital Support for Nursing Leaders

Posted on Nov 29, 2017

As she spoke to nurse managers from Rwanda, Liberia and Haiti, Dr. Lynda Tyer-Viola—a longtime nurse manager in Texas—cited a daily situation that’s true for medical professionals anywhere. 

“The everyday minutiae sucks all the air out of the room,” she said, referring to the flood of unexpected, urgent tasks that arise in busy hospital environments. Such tasks often detract from larger projects or duties, Tyer-Viola said, and can change whatever plans managers thought they had for their day.

PIH Releases How-to Guides for Mentoring, Quality Improvement Program

Posted on Oct 10, 2017

A Partners In Health model for mentoring health care workers is gaining broad attention after improving qualities of care in Rwanda and elsewhere for several years, and a new guideline—along with a separate, cost-analysis toolkit—describes how health centers and systems can implement the model, combat the global shortage of quality health care staffing and plan budgets across a range of services.
 
"Building a culture of high-quality care delivery processes and systems is almost impossible, especially in resource-limited settings,” said Anatole Manzi, director

Delivering Hope in Lesotho

Posted on Oct 3, 2017

Matumisang Khasipe—a mother, wife, and nurse midwife for Partners In Health—says she loves her job at Nkau Health Center in Lesotho. “I’ve been working for PIH for two years,” she said. “And there’s nothing better than patients telling you they’re happy.”

Staff Share Stories After Quake in Mexico

Posted on Sep 15, 2017

PIH staff assessed damage from the 8.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked Mexico last week and shared stories of crumbling houses, mudslides, and an emergency birth.
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