How One Prenatal Checkup Saved Two Lives in Mexico

Posted on May 24, 2019

Olga Veronica Roblero had given birth to her first three children at home. She expected to do the same with her fourth pregnancy, until one prenatal visit rose red flags at a PIH-supported clinic in rural Mexico.

Ebola Survivor Fights Odds and Expands Her Family

Posted on May 10, 2019

Mariama Kamara beat the odds and survived Ebola in August 2016, then took in several children orphaned by the disease. She is one of many caregivers in Sierra Leone who adopted children in the wake of the world's largest Ebola epidemic.

Innovation: Contraception Program Empowers Women in Haiti

Posted on Mar 19, 2019

A recent study found that the percentage of women who chose long-lasting contraception sharply increased at University Hospital in Haiti following staff trainings and offering new mothers options like implants before they returned home.

The Evolution of Cancer Care in Haiti

Posted on Mar 19, 2019

This timeline traces the evolution of PIH's oncology program in Haiti, which started in the early 2000s and steadily grew over the past 20 years.

In Mexico, A Traditional Midwife and Teenage Mom Share Special Bond

Posted on Mar 6, 2019

Margarita Perez Jimenez and Martha Domínguez López can both say their lives changed at the age of 14. They met in 2017, when Jimenez delivered the teen mother's daughter at Casa Materna, the PIH-supported maternal health center in Chiapas, Mexico.
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