Innovation: Contraception Program Empowers Women in Haiti

Posted on Mar 19, 2019

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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

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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

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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.

Haiti Facing Severe Shortages, ‘New Normal’ Following Weeks of Unrest

Posted on Mar 1, 2019

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Two staff members from Zanmi Lasante, as Partners In Health is known in Haiti, reflect on unrest in recent weeks and discuss how staff, patients, and loved ones are adjusting to a "new normal" within the country.

Surgery, New Home Empower Young Mother in Malawi

Posted on Feb 12, 2019

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A joyous home-handover ceremony for Rose Kapeni and her three children in Neno District, Malawi, showed how community-based care can provide healing that is far more than physical.

Most-Read Stories of 2018

Posted on Dec 21, 2018

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In case you missed them the first time around, we've compiled our top 10 stories from 2018. These are the people, places, and programs that caught your eye, from Lesotho, Sierra Leone, and Malawi to Haiti and the Navajo Nation.

How an HIV Diagnosis Inspired Friendship in Sierra Leone

Posted on Dec 20, 2018

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Aminata Kebbie discovered she was HIV-positive when she was five months pregnant. A friendship sparked with a PIH community health worker arguably saved her and her daughter's lives.

Q&A: Dr. Abera Leta on the March to Universal Health Coverage

Posted on Dec 7, 2018

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Dr. Abera Leta, executive director for PIH in Lesotho, describes how the country's health reform is moving Lesotho toward UHC and changing the lives of thousands.

Gladys: Trailblazer, Midwife, and Feminist in Sierra Leone

Posted on Dec 4, 2018

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Boyama Gladys Katingor, the head midwife at Wellbody Clinic in Kono, Sierra Leone, ensures every expectant mother receives the best possible care and advocates for her patients' best interests both in and outside the clinic.

Safe Deliveries, Big Smiles at Lesotho Health Center

Posted on Nov 28, 2018

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Kamohelo Phoofolo, 8 months old, was born safely at a facility revitalized by Lesotho's national health care reform, one of nearly 4,000 more safe childbirths in 2017 than in years prior.

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