“A Second Chance at Life”

Claudine Humure could’ve been defined by her losses — parents, siblings, her…

Partners In Health 2016 Annual Report

We Go. We Make House Calls. We Build Health Systems. We Stay.

RIP Salome Karwah

The heroic Ebola survivor died after giving birth earlier this month

Not Just One Person’s Quest

An oral history of Partners In Health

Haiti Seen Through My Lens

A photo essay exploring the beauty and complexity in my backyard

Most days, I spend my time crunching numbers and staring at an Excel spreadsheet as the project manager for Partners In Health’s CDC/PEPFAR grant in…

Then and Now: What I’ve Learned After Haiti’s 2010 Earthquake

Or, how to preserve my humanity in the…

Health is a Right — Not a Commodity

Human rights are the foundation of the social contract. Yet here, in the richest country on earth, this social contract is broken.

Note: This text is an…

Treating Pediatric Cancer in Rwanda

This past spring, a writer and I spent a few days at Butaro District Hospital, up in northern Rwanda. The hospital treats children for cancer, one of the few in all of east Africa. We talked with anyone who would give up their time for us — everyone from patients to…

Why I’m Fighting to Save the ACA

When I was diagnosed with cancer, federal health care gave me hope.

This week, the United States Senate has begun voting on health care legislation that affects one-sixth of the U.S. economy, proceeding…

Stevenson’s Story

How a 6-month-old boy stole my heart and taught me about starvation in Central Haiti

Photos by Cecille Joan Avila / Partners In Health