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A social justice & global health organization striving to make health care a human right for all people, starting with those who need it most #InjusticeHasACure
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· May 4
Opening Day at the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone
From the first patient admission to the first birth, a powerful beginning for a new standard of maternal and neonatal care in Kono District.
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On February 14, 2026, the Paul E. Farmer Maternal Center of Excellence opened its doors in Koidu, Sierra Leone.
In just 24 hours, 27 patients were welcomed and 13 babies were born, marking the start of lifesaving, high-quality care for women and newborns.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4tRS0D2
In just 24 hours, 27 patients were welcomed and 13 babies were born, marking the start of lifesaving, high-quality care for women and newborns.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4tRS0D2
The progress we’ve made expanding access to quality health care is under threat. Foreign aid cuts are putting essential services at risk for communities.
Open your fall update to learn more about the work our Chief Medical Officer is helping lead alongside teams and partners: https://bit.ly/4yEuA6x
Open your fall update to learn more about the work our Chief Medical Officer is helping lead alongside teams and partners: https://bit.ly/4yEuA6x
October 8, 2026 at 12:14 AM
The progress we’ve made expanding access to quality health care is under threat. Foreign aid cuts are putting essential services at risk for communities.
Open your fall update to learn more about the work our Chief Medical Officer is helping lead alongside teams and partners: https://bit.ly/4yEuA6x
Open your fall update to learn more about the work our Chief Medical Officer is helping lead alongside teams and partners: https://bit.ly/4yEuA6x
Help us stop this unnecessary destruction of care.
Use our easy tool to email all of your representatives in Congress to demand that they force the Trump administration to obligate these funds that could prevent millions of senseless deaths.
Contact your rep: https://bit.ly/4xcEY4u
Use our easy tool to email all of your representatives in Congress to demand that they force the Trump administration to obligate these funds that could prevent millions of senseless deaths.
Contact your rep: https://bit.ly/4xcEY4u
October 7, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Help us stop this unnecessary destruction of care.
Use our easy tool to email all of your representatives in Congress to demand that they force the Trump administration to obligate these funds that could prevent millions of senseless deaths.
Contact your rep: https://bit.ly/4xcEY4u
Use our easy tool to email all of your representatives in Congress to demand that they force the Trump administration to obligate these funds that could prevent millions of senseless deaths.
Contact your rep: https://bit.ly/4xcEY4u
Last week, PIH leaders in Haiti and Malawi shared firsthand how U.S. funding cuts are affecting health systems, patient care, and the delivery of essential programs.
Missed the conversation? We’ve got you covered. Watch the full webinar: https://bit.ly/4iVyhQ
Missed the conversation? We’ve got you covered. Watch the full webinar: https://bit.ly/4iVyhQ
September 29, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Last week, PIH leaders in Haiti and Malawi shared firsthand how U.S. funding cuts are affecting health systems, patient care, and the delivery of essential programs.
Missed the conversation? We’ve got you covered. Watch the full webinar: https://bit.ly/4iVyhQ
Missed the conversation? We’ve got you covered. Watch the full webinar: https://bit.ly/4iVyhQ
Join thousands around the world in a global health community and gain exclusive access to news on health care, read up on expert opinions, and hear directly from the people we serve: our patients. Your pass is waiting: https://act.pih.org/care-for-all
September 23, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Join thousands around the world in a global health community and gain exclusive access to news on health care, read up on expert opinions, and hear directly from the people we serve: our patients. Your pass is waiting: https://act.pih.org/care-for-all
What happens when global health funding disappears?
Hear directly from PIH leaders about the challenges health systems are facing due to U.S. funding cuts.
Join us to learn what’s being done to protect essential care and how you can support the fight for health equity: https://bit.ly/4hgxeYG
Hear directly from PIH leaders about the challenges health systems are facing due to U.S. funding cuts.
Join us to learn what’s being done to protect essential care and how you can support the fight for health equity: https://bit.ly/4hgxeYG
September 20, 2026 at 12:07 AM
What happens when global health funding disappears?
Hear directly from PIH leaders about the challenges health systems are facing due to U.S. funding cuts.
Join us to learn what’s being done to protect essential care and how you can support the fight for health equity: https://bit.ly/4hgxeYG
Hear directly from PIH leaders about the challenges health systems are facing due to U.S. funding cuts.
Join us to learn what’s being done to protect essential care and how you can support the fight for health equity: https://bit.ly/4hgxeYG
This year, activist Emma Charles, attended the annual PIH Engage Training Institute for the second time. She wanted to take action following the dismantling of USAID programs and funding cuts.
Read about her full experience: https://bit.ly/4yuUuJj
Read about her full experience: https://bit.ly/4yuUuJj
PIH Engage: “A Way To Keep the Despair at Bay”
PIH Engage Team Coordinator for the University of Nevada, Reno, Emma Charles, shares their reflection on Engage’s annual Training Institute and finding inspiration in the movement.
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September 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
This year, activist Emma Charles, attended the annual PIH Engage Training Institute for the second time. She wanted to take action following the dismantling of USAID programs and funding cuts.
Read about her full experience: https://bit.ly/4yuUuJj
Read about her full experience: https://bit.ly/4yuUuJj
Mohale’s Hoek has the highest tuberculosis (TB) burden in Lesotho. In Lesotho, most people have to travel long distances to reach clinics. PIH Lesotho’s TB Elimination Outreach program brings TB screening and care directly to people in rural areas to save lives.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4r51sCx
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4r51sCx
A Journey Through Care: Inside Partners In Health Lesotho's TB Elimination Outreach
The first people to arrive at the outreach are often elderly villagers, mothers carrying children on their backs and men returning from the fields. One by one they make their way beneath the outreach ...
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September 14, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Mohale’s Hoek has the highest tuberculosis (TB) burden in Lesotho. In Lesotho, most people have to travel long distances to reach clinics. PIH Lesotho’s TB Elimination Outreach program brings TB screening and care directly to people in rural areas to save lives.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4r51sCx
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4r51sCx
After being diagnosed with severe alcohol use disorder, Peter Wallace joined a weekly peer support group in rural Liberia.
Less than a year after joining, Wallace became a peer educator with the program, raising awareness, and encouraging others in recovery.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gXPC8o
Less than a year after joining, Wallace became a peer educator with the program, raising awareness, and encouraging others in recovery.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gXPC8o
How Peer Support is Changing Substance Use Recovery in Liberia
With community-based support, Peter. J Wallace stopped using substances, returned to school, and is now helping others navigate recovery.
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September 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
After being diagnosed with severe alcohol use disorder, Peter Wallace joined a weekly peer support group in rural Liberia.
Less than a year after joining, Wallace became a peer educator with the program, raising awareness, and encouraging others in recovery.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gXPC8o
Less than a year after joining, Wallace became a peer educator with the program, raising awareness, and encouraging others in recovery.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gXPC8o
Stories that inspire. Progress you can see. Impact that matters.
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September 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Stories that inspire. Progress you can see. Impact that matters.
Join our community and get the latest stories from our sites around the world delivered straight to your inbox: https://act.pih.org/care-for-all
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In Peru, nearly half of new HIV cases occur among people aged 15-29.
Socios En Salud, in partnership with Harvard Medical School, launched PASEO. This program provides accompaniment and support to adolescents transitioning from pediatric to adult HIV care.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ddcyPS
Socios En Salud, in partnership with Harvard Medical School, launched PASEO. This program provides accompaniment and support to adolescents transitioning from pediatric to adult HIV care.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ddcyPS
Reclaiming Their Futures: Three Adolescents With HIV Share the Importance of Accompaniment
Nearly half of new HIV diagnoses in Peru are among young people. The right support can ensure a diagnosis doesn’t define their life.
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September 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
In Peru, nearly half of new HIV cases occur among people aged 15-29.
Socios En Salud, in partnership with Harvard Medical School, launched PASEO. This program provides accompaniment and support to adolescents transitioning from pediatric to adult HIV care.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ddcyPS
Socios En Salud, in partnership with Harvard Medical School, launched PASEO. This program provides accompaniment and support to adolescents transitioning from pediatric to adult HIV care.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ddcyPS
For years, Odina Saintange put her family’s needs before her own. The 56-year-old mother of six lives in a rural community outside Hinche, Haiti, where access to health care is limited. When her husband lost his vision, she became her family’s sole caregiver and provider. 👇🧵
September 4, 2026 at 1:25 PM
For years, Odina Saintange put her family’s needs before her own. The 56-year-old mother of six lives in a rural community outside Hinche, Haiti, where access to health care is limited. When her husband lost his vision, she became her family’s sole caregiver and provider. 👇🧵
Everyone deserves access to quality health care, no matter where they live. We are committed to reaching people in rural communities with the care they need.
Stay connected with us to learn more about how you can support our work: https://act.pih.org/care-for-all
Stay connected with us to learn more about how you can support our work: https://act.pih.org/care-for-all
September 4, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Everyone deserves access to quality health care, no matter where they live. We are committed to reaching people in rural communities with the care they need.
Stay connected with us to learn more about how you can support our work: https://act.pih.org/care-for-all
Stay connected with us to learn more about how you can support our work: https://act.pih.org/care-for-all
To reach patients in Haiti’s most remote communities, Marie Millande Thulme and her team do far more than drive to a clinic. Sometimes, they walk for hours. Sometimes, they travel on horseback. And sometimes, they trek across steep mountains to deliver lifesaving care. 🧵 👇
September 3, 2026 at 1:05 AM
To reach patients in Haiti’s most remote communities, Marie Millande Thulme and her team do far more than drive to a clinic. Sometimes, they walk for hours. Sometimes, they travel on horseback. And sometimes, they trek across steep mountains to deliver lifesaving care. 🧵 👇
Accessing health care can be difficult for people living in poverty due to transportation costs, long travel times, and other barriers.
Lasting solutions require long-term partnership with communities.
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Lasting solutions require long-term partnership with communities.
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September 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Accessing health care can be difficult for people living in poverty due to transportation costs, long travel times, and other barriers.
Lasting solutions require long-term partnership with communities.
Sign up today to receive exclusive access to stories across the globe: https://bit.ly/4gvFK6W
Lasting solutions require long-term partnership with communities.
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In Liberia, Puluken residents have faced major barriers to health care access because a narrow river becomes dangerous to cross.
A new motorized, 15-seat canoe was launched in 2025 to serve the village's more than 400 residents.
Learn more about the Puluke Town Canoe: https://bit.ly/3WzlKWW
A new motorized, 15-seat canoe was launched in 2025 to serve the village's more than 400 residents.
Learn more about the Puluke Town Canoe: https://bit.ly/3WzlKWW
Modern Canoe Gives Remote Community Access to Health Care
The 15-seat boat makes frequent trips from Puluken to Harper, Liberia.
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September 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM
In Liberia, Puluken residents have faced major barriers to health care access because a narrow river becomes dangerous to cross.
A new motorized, 15-seat canoe was launched in 2025 to serve the village's more than 400 residents.
Learn more about the Puluke Town Canoe: https://bit.ly/3WzlKWW
A new motorized, 15-seat canoe was launched in 2025 to serve the village's more than 400 residents.
Learn more about the Puluke Town Canoe: https://bit.ly/3WzlKWW
The Trump administration’s newly uncovered agreements plan to slash health funding for 18 low-income countries, a new report from @publiccitizen.bsky.social and Partners In Health finds.
Follow the thread to read more 🧵👇
Follow the thread to read more 🧵👇
August 31, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The Trump administration’s newly uncovered agreements plan to slash health funding for 18 low-income countries, a new report from @publiccitizen.bsky.social and Partners In Health finds.
Follow the thread to read more 🧵👇
Follow the thread to read more 🧵👇
“2,000 babies have been born at the MCOE since it opened in February, and all of them will have access to vaccination.” - @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swwakmR1jgw
Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swwakmR1jgw
The Great Thing about Infectious Disease
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August 26, 2026 at 4:48 PM
“2,000 babies have been born at the MCOE since it opened in February, and all of them will have access to vaccination.” - @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swwakmR1jgw
Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swwakmR1jgw
Through household contact tracing, the TB Elimination Project in Lesotho is able to identify those who might have been exposed, connect families to care, and help prevent the disease from spreading further.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4g4h3OJ
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4g4h3OJ
Beyond the Diagnosis: How the TB Elimination Project Protects Families Through Contact Tracing
When a person is diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB), the focus naturally shifts to treatment. Yet behind every diagnosis is a family, a household, and a community that may also be at risk. For the TB El...
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August 24, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Through household contact tracing, the TB Elimination Project in Lesotho is able to identify those who might have been exposed, connect families to care, and help prevent the disease from spreading further.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4g4h3OJ
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4g4h3OJ
Elia spent years thinking the grief of losing her daughter was destroying her health. But a portable X-ray unit revealed a different diagnosis: tuberculosis.
After a difficult recovery supported by Socios En Salud, she is returning to her art and rebuilding her future: https://bit.ly/3U6OGH4
After a difficult recovery supported by Socios En Salud, she is returning to her art and rebuilding her future: https://bit.ly/3U6OGH4
“I want to get well”: The TB Treatment Journey of an Indigenous Woman in Peru
Elia survived extreme grief only to begin another battle when she was diagnosed with tuberculosis.
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August 20, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Elia spent years thinking the grief of losing her daughter was destroying her health. But a portable X-ray unit revealed a different diagnosis: tuberculosis.
After a difficult recovery supported by Socios En Salud, she is returning to her art and rebuilding her future: https://bit.ly/3U6OGH4
After a difficult recovery supported by Socios En Salud, she is returning to her art and rebuilding her future: https://bit.ly/3U6OGH4
Grief is a powerful emotion to face on your own.
As we recognize National Grief Awareness Month, we wanted to share some recommendations from PIHers to support someone dealing with the profound impacts of grief.
Check out their recommendations: https://bit.ly/4qiGzmP
As we recognize National Grief Awareness Month, we wanted to share some recommendations from PIHers to support someone dealing with the profound impacts of grief.
Check out their recommendations: https://bit.ly/4qiGzmP
August 10, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Grief is a powerful emotion to face on your own.
As we recognize National Grief Awareness Month, we wanted to share some recommendations from PIHers to support someone dealing with the profound impacts of grief.
Check out their recommendations: https://bit.ly/4qiGzmP
As we recognize National Grief Awareness Month, we wanted to share some recommendations from PIHers to support someone dealing with the profound impacts of grief.
Check out their recommendations: https://bit.ly/4qiGzmP
We think about the full picture.
Caring for patients includes understanding all the variables that contribute to illness. By providing comprehensive care and support that goes beyond the clinic, our health workers around the world ensure patients have everything they need to get—and stay—healthy.
Caring for patients includes understanding all the variables that contribute to illness. By providing comprehensive care and support that goes beyond the clinic, our health workers around the world ensure patients have everything they need to get—and stay—healthy.
August 7, 2026 at 1:41 AM
We think about the full picture.
Caring for patients includes understanding all the variables that contribute to illness. By providing comprehensive care and support that goes beyond the clinic, our health workers around the world ensure patients have everything they need to get—and stay—healthy.
Caring for patients includes understanding all the variables that contribute to illness. By providing comprehensive care and support that goes beyond the clinic, our health workers around the world ensure patients have everything they need to get—and stay—healthy.
Because of your generosity, we could build and open the MCOE.
This has been a nine-year journey of careful planning, building, and training.
Today, that vision is a reality, and countless women and families will benefit from dignified, life-saving care for years to come.
Thank you 🧡
This has been a nine-year journey of careful planning, building, and training.
Today, that vision is a reality, and countless women and families will benefit from dignified, life-saving care for years to come.
Thank you 🧡
August 6, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Because of your generosity, we could build and open the MCOE.
This has been a nine-year journey of careful planning, building, and training.
Today, that vision is a reality, and countless women and families will benefit from dignified, life-saving care for years to come.
Thank you 🧡
This has been a nine-year journey of careful planning, building, and training.
Today, that vision is a reality, and countless women and families will benefit from dignified, life-saving care for years to come.
Thank you 🧡
“We can prevent a tremendous amount of suffering from TB, malaria, malnutrition and deaths of mothers and babies in childbirth by using these funds as Congress intended.”
U.S. Restores Some Vaccine and Health Aid to Unicef, Gavi and World Food Programme
The amount is still far below what the U.S. spent previously on humanitarian and health aid, but resumes the flow of money for key efforts to fight malnutrition and disease.
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August 2, 2026 at 7:40 PM
“We can prevent a tremendous amount of suffering from TB, malaria, malnutrition and deaths of mothers and babies in childbirth by using these funds as Congress intended.”
Regina Chingwalu lost the use of her limbs from extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB).
In Regina’s case, the bacteria had traveled through the bloodstream into her bones, eating at her vertebrae until she became paralyzed.
Regina needed comprehensive care to survive.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3RotXxE
In Regina’s case, the bacteria had traveled through the bloodstream into her bones, eating at her vertebrae until she became paralyzed.
Regina needed comprehensive care to survive.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3RotXxE
Tuberculosis Infected Her Spine. Her Hope for Her Future Remains.
Regina Chingwalu, a young girl living in Malawi, lost the use of her limbs from extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Then, PIH stepped in.
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July 30, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Regina Chingwalu lost the use of her limbs from extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB).
In Regina’s case, the bacteria had traveled through the bloodstream into her bones, eating at her vertebrae until she became paralyzed.
Regina needed comprehensive care to survive.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3RotXxE
In Regina’s case, the bacteria had traveled through the bloodstream into her bones, eating at her vertebrae until she became paralyzed.
Regina needed comprehensive care to survive.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3RotXxE
Persistent action can create a healthier, more equitable world.
As we face callous, deadly cuts to lifesaving programs around the world, we must remember that our advocacy, our example, and our activism have already produced change.
Follow the thread to see six wins from this last year 👇
As we face callous, deadly cuts to lifesaving programs around the world, we must remember that our advocacy, our example, and our activism have already produced change.
Follow the thread to see six wins from this last year 👇
July 30, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Persistent action can create a healthier, more equitable world.
As we face callous, deadly cuts to lifesaving programs around the world, we must remember that our advocacy, our example, and our activism have already produced change.
Follow the thread to see six wins from this last year 👇
As we face callous, deadly cuts to lifesaving programs around the world, we must remember that our advocacy, our example, and our activism have already produced change.
Follow the thread to see six wins from this last year 👇