Fanta's Story
Maternal Health
In 2021, PIH provided over 13,530 lifesaving C-sections around the world.
Together,
we can
repair
the world.
50% of people across the globe lack access to essential health care.
94% of maternal deaths occur in low and lower middle-income countries.
Each day, 13,800 children die before reaching their fifth birthday.
3 million outpatient visits in supported clinics
2.1 million women’s health checkups around the world.
Over 2.2 million home visits conducted by community health workers.
When Fanta found out she was pregnant, she feared the worst. PIH helped her deliver safely.
58,310 safe births globally in 2021
1 in 5 children in Haiti is starving. Lovenyou used to be among them, until PIH stepped in to help.
2,600 Haitian children treated yearly for malnutrition
Roughly 10% of adults in Malawi live with HIV, including Agnes. PIH connected her with lifesaving treatment.
44,000 people receiving HIV treatment yearly
When we met Melquiades, he was on the verge of death. Now he’s a global advocate for tuberculosis patients.
95 patients in Peru on TB treatment in 2021
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Fanta lives in Sierra Leone, one of the world’s most dangerous places to be pregnant. Like many women, she thought she had no safe options. But with PIH’s help, Fanta gave birth safely to her son, John, via C-section.
In 2021, PIH provided over 13,530 lifesaving C-sections around the world.
Like 1 in 5 children in Haiti, Lovenyou was starving. His mother brought him to a PIH-supported malnutrition clinic, where he was measured and began treatment. Now, thanks to PIH’s help, he’s growing strong and healthy.
PIH produced 83,250 kg of peanut-based nutritional supplement to feed malnourished children last year.
Agnes lives with HIV and wanted to prevent passing the virus to her son, Ulemu. With PIH’s support, she continued taking antiretroviral therapy to control the disease throughout her pregnancy, dramatically reducing the chance that Ulemu will contract the virus.
In Neno, Malawi, 94% of people living with HIV are on treatment thanks to PIH’s support.
Melquiades was one of millions suffering from tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease. After receiving lifesaving treatment from PIH, he is now a global advocate, challenging the idea that TB is too difficult and expensive to treat in poor places.
11,000 community health workers providing TB care around the world
In Haiti, PIH employs 5,300 local doctors, nurses, and community health workers to serve 4.5 million people, making us the largest nonprofit health care provider in the country. Our services include a medical residency program that trains the next generation of Haitian physicians.
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98% of graduates from medical residency program stay to work in Haiti.
Kazakhstan has one of the largest multidrug-resistant tuberculosis burdens in the world. PIH is working with partners to fight MDR-TB, and the more severe form called extensively drug-resistant TB, across 65 percent of the country—with positive results.
Read more about our work in Kazakhstan
675 patients have been treated for drug-resistant tuberculosis with new drugs
PIH and the government of Lesotho are combating some of the world’s highest rates of HIV and TB, including with a national TB outreach program; leading a national health reform that is revitalizing health centers and services; improving maternal and child health; serving seven remote communities; and reshaping how care is delivered.
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More than 1,500 expectant mothers stay in maternal waiting homes at PIH-supported health facilities every year
In Liberia, PIH is rebuilding the country’s health system following the Ebola outbreak, providing quality physical and mental health care and helping train the next generation of clinicians.
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30% increase in mental health patients enrolled in care at PIH-supported facilities.
PIH and Malawi’s Ministry of Health provide comprehensive, integrated health care and social support in rural Neno District, through two hospitals, 12 health centers and more than 1,300 community health workers, who work with families and communities to treat health needs ranging from malaria and malnutrition to HIV and tuberculosis.
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More than 4,500 people each year receive social support such as food, housing, education, and transportation assistance.
In rural Chiapas, PIH supports 10 public clinics, a birthing center, and a community hospital, providing everything from maternal care to mental health treatment. We turn to the community for expertise, mentoring new clinicians and training local residents to serve as community health workers.
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Community health workers provide more than 500 home visits each month.
In Navajo Nation, where residents face some of the worst health outcomes in the U.S., including high rates of diabetes driven by a lack of access to healthy food, PIH partners with community leaders and organizations to help families access fresh fruits and vegetables.
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More than 2,500 people enrolled in FVRx; 35 storesproviding healthier food options.
PIH has been fighting multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Peru for more than 20 years. We’ve treated more than 10,500 people, pioneered in-home care, and proven that treating the disease is possible in impoverished places. We’ve also developed an innovative, community-based mental health program, treating patients in their homes and communities.
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Nearly 70,000 people screened for TB using mobile vans.
PIH supports the Rwandan government to strengthen the country’s health system across three districts, serving more than 900,000 people. Together, we’re providing lifesaving cancer care, supporting healthy mothers and children, and training the next generation of global health leaders.
Read more about our work in Rwanda
With facilities including a Cancer Center of Excellence in northern Rwanda, our cancer care has tripled in less than a decade
PIH responded to Sierra Leone’s Ebola outbreak and then set out on a new mission—to help rebuild the country’s health system. We’re providing lifesaving maternal care and increasing access to mental health and other specialized care.
Read more about our work in Sierra Leone
99.9% monthly average rate of HIV patients returning for ongoing care.
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