We are all Haitian
Posted on Jan 27, 2010
Injustice has a cure
South-South Solidarity
Posted on Jan 16, 2010
The Government of Rwanda shows its solidarity with the people of Haiti.
Impressions on visiting Rwinkwavu Hospital in Rwanda
Posted on Sep 22, 2009
A view of Rwinkwavu Hospital from the eyes of a visitor.
VIDEO: House Calls and Health Care
Posted on Sep 20, 2009
NOW on PBS features PIH's work in Rwanda.
This Friday: PBS zooms in on rural health care in Rwanda
Posted on Sep 4, 2009
PBS zooms in on rural health care in Rwanda followed by a PIH co-founder's take on global health care reform.
World AIDS Day 2008: PIH partners celebrate with speeches, song, dance, and solidarity
Posted on Dec 11, 2008
Almost three decades after the emerging AIDS pandemic became widely recognized, staff and community members at Partners In Health sites around the world celebrated the achievements they and others have made in combating the spread and deadliness of the disease.
15th Annual Symposium pushes boundaries
Posted on Sep 30, 2008
PIH's 15th annual Thomas J. White Symposium focused on the theme "Pushing boundaries: past, present, and future." The program featured a panel of HIV patients who shared their stories of being provided with life-saving antiretroviral drugs. Another panel featured activists who have used the PIH model and philosophy of social justice to create their own programs to provide healthcare to the poor and inspire the next generation of social justice activists. View these panels as well as speeches from PIH co-founders Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl.
Rwanda's rural health initiative brings quality care and home visits to Burera
Posted on Jun 1, 2008
A young, widowed mother of five named Patricie was recently admitted to the Burera District Hospital. She suffered from both advanced HIV/AIDS and disseminated tuberculosis.
SELF help brings solar power to PIH clinics in rural Rwanda
Posted on Aug 4, 2007
A reliable energy source is essential for the operation of hospitals and clinics. But that
PIH Right to Health Care program helps give Rwandan children new heart valves and hope
Posted on Aug 4, 2007
“Jeanette was so sick,” said Dr. Joseph Mucumbitsi, a Rwandan pediatrician. Bedridden for months, the 14-year-old only weighed about 65 pounds. Her heart, weakened and scarred from an infection, could not effectively pump blood to the rest of her body, and she was slowly suffocating.
Eight-year-old Louise was also struggling to survive. Her swollen body was wracked by recurrent asthma-like spasms in her lungs and persistent coughing.