Partners In Health [to 8 February 2014]
Feb 07, 2014
What Stood in the Way of Treatment? Lessons from HIV
In the 2013 Shattuck Lecture, Partners In Health co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer argues that the true barrier to HIV treatment for poor people was a lack of funding, not the difficulty of delivering treatment. We look back at the HIV Equity Initiative in Haiti, which provided evidence for a model to make HIV treatment available to millions of people worldwide.
Feb 04, 2014
Infographic: The National Reach of University Hospital in Haiti
Since University Hospital in Mirebalais opened in March 2013, patients have traveled from every region of Haiti for specialty services, especially surgery and cancer care, while about three-fourths of all patients live in central Haiti. Learn more about our work at University Hospital.
Partners In Health @PIH Feb 8
A look back at @PIH’s efforts to treat poor, rural HIV patients in the late 1990s: http://ow.ly/tp8al
Partners In Health @PIH Feb 5
Take an intro course on #globalhealth co-taught by Dr. Paul Farmer through @edXOnline #HarvardX #SW25X http://ow.ly/tk1TD