Across the United States, public health workers and community leaders, businesses owners and President Joseph Biden are rolling out innovative strategies to reach the unvaccinated -- and nudge them to roll up their sleeves. PIH is helping them work creatively to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Care resource specialists have filled a crucial health care gap by ensuring people have the social, material, and other support they need to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, these specialists are also helping those hardest-hit gain greater access to life-saving vaccines.
The Biden Administration just announced a $7.4 billion investment in a public health workforce. Partners In Health applauds the decision to invest in our critical public health and community health workforces while we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and the underlying inequities in the U.S. health system.
Every adult in the United States is now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines -- a critical milestone. As the nation races against a fourth wave of the virus and increasing spread of variants, vaccinating the entire population is as urgent as ever. But eligibility alone does not guarantee access.
Wellness & Peer Support program helps employees manage rising anxiety, emotional toll of pandemic
Monoclonal antibody treatment is just one of many steps the southern Arizona county is taking toward improving access to care and accompaniment during COVID-19—and beyond
In Massachusetts, outbreak specialists with the Community Tracing Collaborative are looking to pinpoint the sources of multiple infections, or “clusters”—and use those insights to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Partners In Health clinical leaders and experts answer your questions about COVID-19 vaccines.
Trusted messengers, access to clear facts key to informed decision-making, say residents of the Alabama capital, where a history of racially driven medical exploitation looms large.
Housing is essential for health. For more than 30 years, PIH has connected patients around the world with housing support. That work reflects PIH’s core belief that medical care alone is insufficient; patients must also have access to social support to sustain their health.
The COVID-19 crisis in America's prisons disproportionately impacts communities of color due to decades of mass incarceration and puts all communities at risk for the virus. In a new white paper, PIH urges governments across the U.S. to release as many people as possible to stop the spread of COVID-19 and end the violation of incarcerated people's human rights.
PIH and key partners are building a campaign to advocate for the U.S. government to build a larger workforce to help stop COVID-19, strengthen the economy, and build equitable public health systems across the nation.
With PIH's support, states and municipalities battling COVID-19 are hiring and training residents as community health workers to connect patients and their families with care and support.
Since Partners In Health launched its contact tracing partnership with the state of Massachusetts in April, contact tracers have made roughly 750,000 calls across the state—connecting COVID-19 patients with vital care and resources. In this multimedia feature, contact tracers share first-hand accounts.
Partners In Health leaders provide insights and expertise on the importance of local health systems in the global COVID-19 response, informed by PIH's work in Mexico, Lesotho and the U.S.
PIH is advising the Illinois Department of Public Health as it scales a contact tracing program to meet the unique needs of the communities it serves--one of several programs within PIH's U.S. Public Health Accompaniment Unit launched in response to COVID-19.
Dr. Marta Lado and Dr. Regan Marsh have seen challenges, injustices, and successes fighting the pandemic in disparate settings.
Partners In Health sat down with Thomas Sequist to discuss a recent piece he wrote for the New England Journal of Medicine that examines the impact of COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation and Chelsea, Massachusetts.
PIH is collaborating with the Florida Department of Public Health in Collier County and community organizations to establish a community health worker program. These Immokalee residents will be health promoters, spreading vital health information and powering the fight against COVID-19.
Grounded in the principle that health care is a human right, PIH and its Community Tracing Collaborative (CTC) partners accompany immigrants as they navigate the daily realities of a pandemic that discriminates as much as it devastates.