Recent media coverage on PIH’s work in Haiti
01/22/2010View recent coverage of PIH's earthquake relief efforts Haiti from a variety of media outlets:
HAITI: Risk and treatment amid the rubble (IRIN, 3/10/2010)
"In the aftermath of Haiti's 7.0 magnitude quake, one of the Caribbean's largest antiretroviral (ARV) programmes is struggling to resurrect itself from the rubble."
Big choices, small strides (Boston Globe, 3/9/2010)
"Sannella is an occupational therapist by training, but she found that in a disaster zone you have to be other things."
Alice Yang (NC) on Partners in Health (The Harbus, 3/9/2010)
"At the office, we used to joke about the Harvard-to-Haiti commute - a jarring contrast of power and privilege at one end, and poverty and privation at the other. There is now an opportunity for all of us to go on that journey."
Give Haiti control over its recovery (Boston Globe, 3/8/2010)
"While Haitian resilience has been duly recognized around the world, few appear to be interested in talking to Haitians about how to rebuild their communities and how the billions likely to be pledged to their country will be used."
Partners ups health initiatives in Haiti (Boston Herald, 3/6/2010)
"Partners in Health, which has worked in rural Haiti for more than 20 years, has a three-year recovery plan with a fund-raising goal of $125 million, of which it has raised about half."
Shelter deteriorates for thousands in Haiti as heavy rains continue (Free Speech Radio News, 3/5/2010)
“So what little people have is now soaked, they’re sleeping in the rain and the makeshift shelters are already breaking down and dissolving and the conditions for these homeless and displaced people are absolutely inhuman and getting worse every single day."
Students gather for conference on global health and social justice; UN Haiti envoy will speak (Associated Press, 3/5/2010)
"College students from around the country are gathering at Northwestern University for a conference on global health and social justice."
Humanitarian disaster continues unabated in Haiti (World Focus, 3/5/2010)
"Survivors of the Haitian earthquake need quick solutions that may not come in time for the punishing rainy season that starts in May."
Opportunity, optimism in Global Health Corps (San Francisco Chronicle, 3/1/2010)
"When first daughter Jenna Bush attended a Bay Area AIDS summit hosted by Google.org two years ago, some skeptics doubted it would amount to more than a photo op."
Second opinions, anywhere (Boston Globe 3/1/2010)
"Collaboration hopes to link doctors in developing countries to a digital network of support, expertise.
Lima Women Find Opportunity in Knitting Circle (PBS Newshour, 2/26/2010)
"Each afternoon, in the Santa Rosa slum built into the steep hillside surrounding Lima, a group of 15 women meet to knit."
Big Benefit for Haiti on Sunday: 'Kampe ave’m' means coming together at GSU (Boston University Today, 2/25/2010)
“'We figure we’ll have at least 5,000 people there.'"
'Law Hoos for Haiti' Aim to Raise $12,000 (UVaToday, 2/25/2010)
"Students have raised about $9,000 so far, Rosenthal said. The proceeds will go to Partners in Health, a nonprofit that has been operating in Haiti for about 25 years, according to third-year law student Stephen Wendell."
Giving Donations that Transform Haiti (CBS News, 2/24/2010)
"Haiti has already begun to fade from the headlines. But for individual donors, the real opportunity to have impact has just begun."
Quake Has Haiti Relying on Agricultural Roots (Wall Street Journal, 2/23/2010)
"An agricultural program that helped inch people out of poverty and hunger in this village about 25 miles north of Port-au-Prince is racing to feed thousands who flocked here after the earthquake."
Greenville woman says quake's impact 'terrifying' (The Greenville News, 2/21/2010)
“We knew it was bad, but had no idea the extent of it,” she recalled. “We had no television or anything. And nothing was working, no cell phones, no telephones. It was terrifying.”
A humanitarian’s family brings him home (The Columbian, 2/21/2010)
"In the prime of his life, Walt Ratterman dived headlong into adventure that would carry him around the globe."
Book Read kicks off with health care discussion (WMU News, 2/25/2010)
"In "Mountains Beyond Mountains," Kidder chronicles the ways in which Farmer pursues his calling--to diagnose and cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most--from Harvard to Peru, Cuba, Russia and Haiti."
Haiti recovery needs 'accompaniment,' Kidder says (Boston Globe, 2/18/2010)
"Working with Haitians in the spirit called "accompaniment" is the reason for Partners In Health's success in the impoverished country, according to Kidder, who serves on the group's development committee."
Helping In Haiti: Questions & Answers (WBUR.org, 2/18/2010)
A Q&A from WBUR which highlights PIH’s ongoing work in Haiti
Let Haitians take charge of their destinies (rabble.ca, 2/17/2010)
"Joia Mukherjee of Partners in Health, one of the most formidable NGOs currently working in Haiti, says that the boycott of government-to-government aid simply fuels Haiti's inability to care for itself, and therefore ideas of corruption and unaccountability."
Nearly $37K raised for Haiti (Harvard Gazette, 2/16/2010)
"Harvard College students raised almost $37,000 at their sold-out benefit show at Sanders Theatre."
Uncertain Ground: Haiti's Earthquake and its Aftermath (Huffington Post, 2/15/2010)
"Rehabilitating the deteriorating state-run General Hospital, Partners in Health teamed up with the Haitian government and even the U.S. military to provide desperately needed emergency medical aid."
Haitian art sale: Small fundraiser can make a big difference (Minneapolis Post, 2/12/2010)
"Organizers of last Friday's Haitian art sale at St. James Episcopal Church in Minneapolis say they hope that people realize it's not only the amount of money raised, but the way it's used that can make a big difference in Haiti's recovery."
In Haiti, haves and have nots (Boston Globe, White Coat Notes Blog, 2/12/2010)
Fourth dispatch from Dr. Christian Arbelaez: "I see an 11 year old boy on a donkey carrying a load on each side. I think about how lucky my children are in contrast to the hardships that I am seeing."
Wells: Why only Haitians can cure Haiti (The Toronto Star, 2/11/2010)
"Zanmi Lasante [PIH] today has one of the best reps in Haiti, with nine sites and plans for two more."
Partners In Health rock for Haiti (The Daily Free Press, 2/11/2010)
"On Wednesday, Feb. 3, Jillian Santella’s entertainment blog One In A Million Media put on Kem Pa Sote, a benefit for Partners in Health, a Boston-based Haitian relief program. The show boasted several well-known local bands and DJs."
Donna Karan, Mary J. Blige, and Andre Harrell: For the Love of Haiti (Huffington Post, 2/11/2010)
"The evening, headlined by Mary J. Blige at the Urban Zen Center, with an after-party featuring Wyclef Jean at the Standard Hotel, raised money to meet the urgent need for tents in Haiti which will be distributed by three organizations with a strong history of commitment to effective service there -- Habitats for Humanity, Partners in Health, and Yelé Haiti."
Haiti fund in Boston raises $2 million (Updated) (Boston Globe, 2/11/2010)
"Today, the Boston Foundation said that more than 1,000 donors have chipped in and matched the original $1 million from the Ansaras -- passing the $2 million goal. And the organizers say they aren't stopping there."
University stands up for Haiti with benefit concert (The Daily Collegian, 2/11/2010)
"Tonight’s concert is part of a larger campaign by the University [of Massachusetts] to mobilize the campus in support of the Haiti relief effort. The Division of Student Affairs and Campus Life and the International Programs Office (IPO), as well as other campus organizations, are all working together to coordinate fund raising events and collect donations."
Dartmouth To Accept Haitian Students (VPR News, 2/9/2010)
"[Dartmouth President] Kim says the request to host the students in Hanover came from Dr. Paul Farmer and former President Bill Clinton."
West Michigan orthopedic surgeons gave own blood as they worked to save patients injured in Haiti earthquake (The Grand Rapids Press, 2/9/2010)
"Golladay was the first in the group to reach Haiti. After weighing the options, Partners in Health decided to set up operations at a rural mission clinic established by an Ohio family. It had two small operating rooms, with limited supplies and equipment."
Hope For Haiti Now Distributes First $35 Million To Relief Efforts (MTV.com, 2/8/2010)
"Partners in Health: $8 million to provide emergency medical assistance and supplies, strengthen the public health system, and provide rehabilitation, social support and economic assistance to survivors."
Giving back, immediately (Boston Globe, 2/8/2010)
Arbelaez interview: "The initial response from my 12-year-old was, ‘Wow, you’re going to get to go and help.’ That was really just wonderful for me. Then out of that grew, we need to fund-raise and how can we help?’’'
Relief gaps spread as Haitians flee capital (USA Today, 2/7/2010)
"'The aid hasn't gotten here," said Gillaine Warne, an agronomist with Partners in Health."
Arcade Fire Gives More to Haiti (Montreal Gazette, 2/6/2010)
"Nearly a month after they implored fans to donate generously to reconstruction efforts in Haiti, Montreal indie-rock idols Arcade Fire have licensed Wake Up, from their debut album, Funeral, to the NFL, for airing during Super Bowl XLIV tomorrow, with all proceeds from the licensing to benefit Partners In Health."
Stanford Students to Dance the Night Away for a Good Cause (San Jose Mercury News, 2/5/2010)
"Stanford Dance Marathon, a student-run organization, will hold its sixth annual dance-a-thon to help support Partners In Health's relief efforts in Haiti and Bay Positives' work with young people who have HIV/AIDS."
Hoping to Rebuild a Better Haiti (Boston Globe, 2/5/2010)
"Dr. Christian Arbelaez, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital, has gone to Haiti with a team that will work with Partners In Health in St. Marc to help victims of last month's earthquake. Here is his first dispatch."
PIH: Community Health Workers Can Help Rebuild Haiti (NPR, 2/4/2010)
"Partners In Health (PIH) is not a disaster relief organization. But PIH’s deep roots in Haiti allowed PIH to respond more quickly to provide emergency medical care following the earthquake on January 12 than most disaster-relief organizations."
Surgeons' Dispatch from Cange, Haiti (New England Journal of Medicine, 2/3/2010)
"Thanks to the work of Boston-based Partners In Health (PIH) and its Haitian sister organization, Zanmi Lasante (ZL), medical care in Haiti has improved over the past 25 years. The Cange free clinic, which is 58 km from Port-au-Prince, opened in the mid-1980s, originally focused on AIDS but has since evolved into a comprehensive hospital complex, which is now linked to a network of 10 hospitals and clinics in the region."
Coordinating and Prioritizing Aid in Haiti (New England Journal of Medicine, 2/3/2010)
"Now that there are many disaster-relief organizations on the ground in Haiti, it is critical that we coordinate efforts, both during this acute phase of the response and as we move forward. There is still an overwhelming number of patients who require advanced orthopedic care. These patients must be identified quickly and transported safely to the numerous operating rooms now in place in field hospitals. Lives and limbs are being lost with every bottleneck in the flow of aid — a major hitch being our limited ability to move patients."
Pasta Dinner Raises $2.5K for Haiti (The Daily Collegian, 2/2/2010)
"[Alain] Bonny said usually Project Haiti holds the spaghetti dinner as a fundraiser to support their annual spring break trip to Haiti. However, with the earthquake that recently hit near Port-au-Prince, Bonny said the money raised would instead be given for Partners In Health and UNICEF."
"Breaking hearts open" in Haiti (Al Jazeera, 2/2/2010)
"I am returning to my family today with a very heavy heart and concern that is aching from my marrow or some place just as deep." Read an essay by PIH physician Evan Lyon here.
U.S. Doctors Say Haiti Stands out From Other Disasters (USA Today, 2/1/2010)
"'Not a single person I've met who works here did not lose someone in the earthquake,' anesthesiologist Michael Ashburn said from Haiti last week. His team from Penn Medicine was working at a Partners In Health hospital 40 miles outside of Port-au-Prince."
Haiti Crisis Prompts Fresh Talk of Pooling U.S. Relief Money (New York Times, 2/1/2010)
"Before the earthquake, the American Red Cross had 15 people in Haiti working on projects like malaria prevention and measles vaccines. Partners In Health, a charity based in Boston, had more than 700 doctors and nurses among a staff of almost 5,000 operating a hospital and multiple clinics in the country."
Brookline Film Event to Benefit Haiti (Boston Globe, 2/1/2010)
"Film director Jonathan Demme, who will be in town to receive the Coolidge Award from the Coolidge Corner Theatre, will introduce his film 'The Agronomist,' which focuses on Haitian human-rights activist Jean Dominique, on March 1 at 2 p.m. All proceeds from the event's $25 fee will benefit Partners In Health, a medical charity that has been working in Haiti for two decades."
US "To Resume" Haiti Airlifts (Al Jazeera, 2/1/2010)
"Before the latest announcement, the medical group Partners In Health transferred three critically-ill children to a hospital in Philadelphia on Sunday using a private jet to bypass the US military's order to suspend flights."
UB Medical Students Raise Funds for Haitian Relief (The Spectrum, 2/1/2010)
"Both Nweze and Buyea encouraged their clubs to contribute online to Partners In Health, a worldwide health organization originally established in Haiti in 1987. Today, the organization is working to provide relief to the earthquake victims. Although SNMA doesn’t have the means to travel to Haiti and directly help Partners In Health, Nweze is glad they have the opportunity to financially contribute to an organization that is so invested in bringing aid to Haiti."
Haitian Children Evacuated
to Phila. Hospitals (Philly.com, 1/31/2010)
"Undeterred by a suspension of the U.S. military's evacuation flights from Haiti, a medical-aid group used a private plane to bring three gravely ill children to Philadelphia yesterday for potentially lifesaving treatment."
Haitian Child Quake Victims Flown to U.S. for Care (Associated Press, 1/31/2010)
"A 5-year-old tetanus victim and a 14-month-old boy critically ill with pneumonia were sent to Children's Hospital in Philadelphia by the aid group Partners In Health, based in Boston."
"Luck" Leads Survivor of Haiti Quake to MGH (Boston Globe, 1/31/2010)
"With his condition worsening, colleagues brought him to a church in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Cange, where doctors from the Boston-based Partners in Health had set up a medical clinic. He found a place on the floor and spent about a week there, getting the best treatment possible amid the chaos."
Heartbreak Among the Injured in Haiti (Milford Daily News, 1/31/2010)
"Labonte, a surgical technician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, was going to Haiti with Partners In Health in mid-January on a medical mission to teach women about various health issues."
Unfinished Business (Boston Globe, 1/30/2010)
"For Dr. Selwyn Rogers, there was a precise moment when the agony of Haiti crystallized."
United Auburn Indian Community donates $50K for Haiti (Rocklin & Roseville Today, 1/30/2010)
"The United Auburn Indian Community announced today its donation of $50,000 to Partners In Health to assist victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti."
Desperation Grows in Haiti, Officials Worry About Sanitation as Well as Food, Water, Shelter (The Canadian Press, 1/30/2010)
"'I haven't seen sanitation at any of the camps,' said Dr. Louise Ivers, Haiti clinical director for Partners In Health. She fears 'a mass outbreak of measles, which would really be potentially devastating for a camp where there are 10,000 people living.'"
Haiti Is Again a Canvas for Approaches to Aid (New York Times, 1/30/2010)
"Dr. Paul Farmer, the deputy United Nations envoy and a founder of Partners In Health, which has been working in Haiti for more than 20 years, said that the long history of Washington overthrowing or blockading Haitian governments helped create the current dysfunctional government."
CU-Boulder Students Lead Campus Campaign to Raise $100,000 in Aid to Haiti (University of Colorado at Boulder--News Center, 1/29/2010)
"The group decided to support Partners In Health as the primary beneficiary of the campaign because they have been working in Haiti for more than 20 years and the health care model they created in Haiti has been praised and replicated in many countries around the world, according to Arnoldy."
U.S. Suspends Haitian Airlift in Cost Dispute (New York Times, 1/29/2010)
"A spokeswoman for Partners In Health, a Boston charity with doctors and nurses in Haiti, said the group had a backlog of patients, many with head, spine or pelvic injuries, who needed surgery that could not be performed there."
Dartmouth Team 3 Establishes Kidney Dialysis Center in Hinche, Haiti (Dartmouth news, 1/29/2010)
"[Brian] Remillard, MD, and critical care nurse Anne Mrozik, RN, have been performing kidney dialysis and working to establish the region's first-ever dialysis center at a Partners In Health (PIH) clinic in Hinche, located on Haiti’s Central Plateau."
Harvard for Haiti (Harvard Crimson, 1/29/2010)
"One organization that is working with the public sector and will continue to work in Haiti after all of the cameras and news media leave is Partners In Health, an NGO that has been operating in Haiti for 25 years delivering free medical care to the rural poor."
Team of Area Doctors, Nurses to Treat Haiti Quake Victims (Knoxnews.com, 1/29/2010)
"'As soon as the earthquake occurred we started contacting Partners in Health in Haiti to let them know that we were available to help. We wanted to put together a team, but knew there was so much chaos at the time that we didn't want to go down there without a connection,' [Dr. Dean] Mire said."
History May Be Haiti's Greatest Resource (Huffingtonpost.com, 1/28/2010)
"As Medical Director of Partners In Health and one of millions of people profoundly connected to the people of Haiti, I left my home and my three-year-old son in Boston on Wednesday morning for Port-au-Prince."
Wellesley's Sprague School Helps Haiti Earthquake Victims by Raising Thousands (Wickedlocal.com, 1/28/2010)
"Sprague School raised $4,436.00 from Sprague families, teachers, and faculty during a five-day fundraiser to help Haiti recover from the earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 150,000 people. The money raised will be donated to Boston-based Partners In Health and its partnering organization, Zanmi Lasante, which, together, have worked in Haiti for nearly 25 years, and together represent one of the largest non-governmental health care providers in the country. "
Square Businesses Support Haiti (Harvard Crimson, 1/28/2010)
"In a similar effort, Upstairs on the Square-located across from OM-made between $25,000 and $28,000 during its day-long fundraiser on Monday. Proceeds from breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the restaurant were donated to Partners in Health, a Harvard-affiliated nonprofit that operates community-based clinics in Haiti and eight other countries, according to owner Mary-Catherine Deibel."
Kevin Riordan: Seeking peace for ailing Haiti (Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/28/2010)
Eighteen of us - 16 women and two men of various ages - arranged our mats on the gleaming bamboo floor. We had come to raise money for Partners in Health, which has provided medical care in Haiti for decades.
Ted Kennedy, Jr. gets front row seat for speech (USA Today, 1/28/2010)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's guest list for tonight's State of the Union speech includes Ted Kennedy, Jr., the son of the late senator who made universal health care "the cause of my life," as he once wrote.The younger Kennedy will be in the front row of the speaker's box with Paul Pelosi, Jr., the speaker's son; former Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, her brother; Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley; Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty; Barry Rand, CEO, AARP; Janet Murguía, president and CEO, National Council of La Raza; Ben Jealous, president and CEO, NAACP; and Ophelia Dahl, executive director, Partners In Health.
Haiti's Political and Economic Earthquake (Huffingtonpost.com, 1/28/2010)
After Baby Doc seized power from his father, the enfant terrible was promptly visited by Nixon's Vice President, Spiro Agnew. According to Harvard physician and UN Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti Paul Farmer, in his 1994 book The Uses of Haiti, this visit put in place: "a new economic program guided by the United States, a program featuring private investments from the United States that would be drawn to Haiti by such incentives as no customs taxes, a minimum wage kept very low, the suppression of labor unions, and the right of American corporations to repatriate their profits".
Cancel Haiti's Debt (Huffingtonpost.com, 1/28/2010)
Dr. Joia Mukherjee, of Paul Farmer's famous group, Partners in Health, described what was needed during a conference call on Tuesday: The solutions to Haiti's problems will come from the Haitian people and from the government they choose, she said. "The greatest resource of Haiti is the indomitable spirit of the Haitian people," she said. But they must be unshackled from international debt.
Boston music to ease Haitian suffering (Boston Globe (Worldly Boston Blog), 1/28/2010)
At 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31, the Longwood Symphony and the New England Conservatory are coming together for a concert at Jordan Hall to benefit Partners in Health, another remarkable Boston-based institution that has done non-stop work keeping earthquake victims alive in Haiti
Interfaith fundraiser will benefit Haitians (Boston Globe, 1/28/2010)
"Burlington clergy will sponsor 'Help for Haiti: a Program of Music and Prayer,’' an interfaith fund-raiser this Saturday that will give all proceeds to Boston-based Partners In Health."
Answers about New York's Response to Haiti's Earthquake (nytimes.com, 1/28/2010)
Question: Is Doctors Without Border a good organization to donate to? Answer: Doctors Without Borders, Partners in Health, Oxfam, Catholic Relief Services, and Project Medishare are among the organizations that had viable and worthy programs in Haiti before the earthquake.
Dr. Phil thanked Partners In Health (CBS, 1/28/2010)
Dr. Phil thanked Partners in Health for their response to the earthquake in Haiti. He urged viewers to go to act.pih.org/drphil and make a donation.
Urgent Continued Need for Medical Supplies (MSNBC, 1/28/2010)
Dr. Joia Mukherjee was interviewed by Contessa Brewer of MSNCB regarding PIH's work in Haiti.
For Seneca Doctor, Service in Haiti "Finest Hour" (Independent Mail, 1/27/2010)
"In my many trips to Haiti I have come to expect the affection and gratitude which the people of Haiti displayed. In the past I had worked only in the Partners In Health hospital in Cange. Dr. Paul Farmer started a clinic in Cange more than 25 years ago. Everyone adores Paul and there is ample remaining love for his staff and volunteers."
BHS Graduate Calls Haiti Home (EastBayRI.com, 1/27/2010)
"Three years ago when Cate Oswald first traveled to Haiti to work for Partners In Health (PIH), a Boston based organization dedicated to helping Haitian residents, her mother Connie Oswald thought her daughter was in for an experience of a lifetime."
Berkeley High Raises $9,000 for Haiti Earthquake Relief (The Daily Californian, 1/27/2010)
"Students raised the funds by publicizing the campaign and collecting donations throughout campus on Jan. 22. Young created a Web site in coordination with Partners In Health titled 'Stand with Haiti' to accommodate online donations. '(Partners In Health) have been in Haiti for 25 years and have a really great track record for working really efficiently and effectively with Haiti and have a positive relationship with the people there,' Young said."
Watch Us Care: A Charity eBay Auction to Help Haiti (Chicago Tribune, 1/27/2010)
"If you're in a financial position to be part of this effort, there are a couple of different ways that Watcher readers can help. First, you can donate via this Watch Us Care page to a respected charity called Partners in Health, which has been working to provide medical assistance to the people of Haiti for more than 25 years."
Natick Store Sells Haitian Art to Benefit Haiti Relief (Boston Globe, 1/27/2010)
"Baldwin Hill Art and Framing in Natick will be selling Haitian artwork to benefit relief efforts in Haiti. Proceeds from the sale will be donated to Doctors Without Borders and Partners In Health to support their ongoing work."
Cruel Blow Now Festers (Boston Globe, 1/27/2010)
"Two weeks after a massive earthquake leveled much of this impoverished city, a wave of new infections and injuries has emerged, further taxing the nation’s shattered health care system."
Haitian AIDs Clinic Regroups (Wall Street Journal, 1/27/2010)
"Public health care, weak and under-funded, depends on a handful of private institutions, including Gheskio and Partners In Health, which runs free clinics and hospitals in the rural central plateau."
Rebuilding Health Care System Major Hurdle for Haiti (PBS, 1/26/2010)
"The major challenge now is post-op care and what we would call in the medical profession discharge planning. How do you discharge a patient and assure quality care when they are homeless? And how do you make sure that infections don't develop? How do you assure that bandages are changed for amputees or wounds that have been debrided?" Listen to an interview with PIH physician David Walton here.
WFNX, Newbury Comics, Boston's Haitian Media Team Up for Radiothon to benefit Partners In Health (Boston Phoenix, 1/26/2010)
"WFNX turns over its airwaves to a 'Help for Haiti' radiothon, to raise awareness and collect donations for Haitian relief. The proceeds will go directly to Partners In Health, the Boston-based charity that's been providing health care and other assitance to Haiti for two decades."
Haiti Fundraiser in Echo Park on Saturday Will Feature Music, Readings (Los Angeles Times, 1/26/2010)
"This Saturday at 7 p.m. in Echo Park, writers and musicians will perform at Trópico de Nopal Gallery in a fundraiser for Haiti [. . .] All proceeds from the benefit will go to Partners in Health, the nonprofit founded by Dr. Paul Farmer that has been working in Haiti for more than 20 years."
Boston Civic Leaders Plan Next Haiti Steps (Boston Globe, 1/26/2010)
"Dr. Joia Mukherjee, the medical director for Partners in Health, briefed the packed room on her 10 days in Haiti treating quake victims. Her voice breaking at times, Mukherjee said she treated 800 patients on her first day in Haiti, 80 percent of whom had suffered orthopedic trauma. She said she then focused on organizing teams of orthopedic and trauma surgeons to treat crush injuries."
College Students Rally for Haiti Relief, Raising Big Money for Partners In Health (USA Today, 1/26/2010)
"Within days of the Haiti earthquake, Dartmouth College students came together to form Students at Dartmouth for Haiti Relief (SDHR), and set an impressive fundraising goal of $100,000 for Partners In Health (PIH), a Haiti relief organization that provides medical supplies and treatment."
Jefferies, Carnival Lead Donations for Haitian Relief: Table (Bloomberg News, 1/26/2010)
"U.S. companies donated tens of millions of dollars to Haitian relief after the Jan. 12 earthquake that its government said left 2 million people homeless. "
Day Six in Haiti: Making Some Improvement (Thrive, 1/26/2010)
"I have received many emails from people asking where and who to donate too. I would have to recommend Partners in Health (PIH). Every bit goes to the Haitian people and even to the people caring for them. I cannot tell you how much PIH makes a difference in their lives."
Delivery of Aid Remains the U.N.'s Toughest Job in Haiti (PBS, 1/25/2010)
"Coordination is very difficult, as I'm sure you have seen already. There are so many balkanized, fissured groups trying to do good, that, you know, it is very difficult for the government or the U.N. or any organization to coordinate them." Listen to an interview with PIH co-founder Paul Farmer here.
Ray Suarez: Haiti's Injured Make Their Way to Cange (PBS NewsHour, 1/25/2010)
"What constitutes good news in the midst of a tragedy like Haiti's? Today the NewsHour team headed out to Haiti's massive central plateau to see an operation that has stretched its modest resources to fit an oversized disaster."
Haiti: Obama's Katrina (Wall Street Journal, 1/25/2010)
"On Wednesday, the day after the quake, we organized a relief team in cooperation with the U.S. State Department and Partners In Health (a Boston-based humanitarian organization) to provide emergency orthopedic and surgical care."
San Francisco Lends a Helping Hand to Haiti (San Francisco Chronicle, 1/25/2010)
"Time to scour underneath your couch pillows and in the bottom of your purse for loose change. The City of San Francisco has launched a major effort to raise money for Haiti earthquake relief without tapping into its incredibly strained general fund - and that means asking residents and city employees to pitch in."
Report: Jennifer Aniston Gives $500,000 to Haiti (People, 1/25/2010)
"The actress donated $500,000 to Doctors Without Borders, Haitian health care provider Partners In Health and AmeriCares, all organizations participating in the relief effort in the Caribbean country where at least 150,000 have died in the disaster,"
Other Schools Look to Dartmouth for Charity (Chicago Tribune, 1/25/2010)
"Pulling an all-nighter just a week into winter term has paid off for three Dartmouth College students, not with good grades but with a massive fundraising campaign that has raised more than $133,000 for Haiti's earthquake victims and become a model for other campuses. "
Theta Chi Responds to the Haitian Crisis (Tufts Daily, 1/25/2010)
"The brothers of Theta Chi fraternity at Tufts University have decided to launch a multifaceted fundraising effort to aid the Haitian people in their time of need. In order to maximize the effect of the money we hope to raise through this fundraiser, Theta Chi has decided to donate the money to Partners In Health."
NH Nurse Describes Post-op Unit Set Up in Haiti (WCAX.com, 1/25/2010)
"A New Hampshire nurse volunteering in Haiti says patients are getting excellent care despite limited resources. Rachel Allen of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is part of a group sent to Haiti through an alliance between the hospital, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth Medical Center and Partners In Health, the Boston-based organization co-founded by Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim."
Saving the World, 2.0 (Newsweek, 1/25/2010)
"Two days after the earthquake, we announced a donation of $1 million to Catholic Relief Services and $500,000 to Partners In Health." Read an interview with Bill Gates here.
Progress in Haiti: Catastrophe to Simple Chaos (Huffingtonpost.com, 1/25/2010)
"It took me two hours to get them food and then find some more food for the new group of surgeons, doctors and nurses that arrived from Children's Hospital in Boston for Partners In Health."
Quake Spurs Campus Collaboration (Harvard Crimson, 1/25/2010)
"Whereas faculty-based organizations such as Partners In Health and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative have the resources to provide on-site medical aid, student groups in SAGHAH are seeking to develop feasible response efforts on campus."
Haiti Benefit Concert at Paramount (Westchester.com, 1/25/2010)
"Yorktown residents Art and Nadeje Halperin are organizing a concert to benefit relief efforts in Haiti at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill on Sunday January 31, 2010 at 8 pm [. . .] All donations, which are tax-deductible, will go to the “Stand for Haiti” initiative of Partners in Health, a registered nonprofit organization that has since 1983 provided relief to Haiti through medicine and trained medical staff."
Local Band Plays for Haiti (Boston Globe, 1/25/2010)
"Until last Tuesday, the CD release party for local band Adam Ezra Group (AEG) was scheduled to be just that: a release party. But when disaster struck in Haiti, the Boston-based musicians changed their plans."
Hope for Haiti Raises More Than $57 Million (People Magazine, 1/24/2010)
"Friday night's celebrity telethon Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief has so far raised more than $57 million – a record for a disaster relief telethon, said the event’s organizers."
Cash Tops All Wish Lists (Miami Herald, 1/24/2010)
"Boston-based Partners In Health needs orthopedic supplies, surgical "consumables" like sutures, bandages, non-powdered sterile gloves, and syringes; unopened boxes of medications; blankets, tents, satellite phones with minutes; private planes willing to fly in medical personnel and/or equipment."
Rising to Meet an Infinite Need (Boston Globe, 1/24/2010)
"With 10 hospitals and deep roots in Haiti, Boston-based Partners In Health has became one of the pillars of the worldwide response to the Jan. 12 earthquake."
Haiti Journal Day 8: The Tsunami Coming -- Riding the Waves of Rescue, Rebuilding and Resurrection (Huffingtonpost.com, 1/23/2010)
"Aside from my day job, I am a volunteer for Partners In Health (PIH), which has been working on the ground in Haiti for over 20 years [. . .] The work of PIH has three goals: to care for patients, to alleviate the root causes of disease in their communities, and to share lessons learned around the world."
James Taylor Helps Raise More Than $500,000 for Haiti (Timesunion.com, 1/23/2010)
"Backed by Boston Symphony
Orchestra’s Owen Young on cello, who provided a stirring warmth, and three backup singers — Kate Markoqitz, Arnold McCuller and his wife, Kim — Taylor’s performance helped raised more than $550,000 for Partners In Health, a Boston-based nonprofit that has worked in Haiti for more than 20 years."
Don't let Haiti's Tragedy Fade Away (Miami Herald, 1/23/2010)
"According to Partners In Health, which has provided medical care in Haiti for almost 25 years, the operating rooms at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince have been ruled structurally safe and will start taking patients."
"Green Shoots" of the Next Haiti Start to Poke Through (PBS, 1/23/2010)
"Later in the week we'll head to the countryside, where buses have been dropping displaced quake victims from Port-au-Prince. The international NGO Partners In Health, partnered with the Haitian government, is trying to find people before their conditions worsen further."
James Taylor's Shows Help Raise More Than $550K (Berkshire Eagle, 1/23/2010)
"Friday night's sold-out benefit headlined by James Taylor at the 681-seat Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center -- to be repeated tonight, also sold out -- showcased the iconic troubadour in a relief concert to aid Partners In Health, the Boston-based medical outreach group that has 4,000 personnel on the ground treating earthquake victims, along with a dozen surgical teams flown in from leading Northeastern medical centers."
40 Health Facilities, 24 Operating Theatres Now Functioning in Haiti (Medscape.com, 1/22/2010)
"Partners In Health (PIH) reports it has established 24 operating rooms, and more than 140 surgeons, nurses, anesthetists, and other specialists are working around the clock at sites in and around Haiti."
Haiti Earthquake: Friday News Updates (CNN, 1/22/2010)
The international aid organization Partners In Health reports it has
24 operating rooms established and working 24 hours a day in Haiti. More than 140 surgeons, nurses, anesthetists and other specialists were involved in the organization's quake relief effort, it said
Three Steps to Making Smart Haiti Donations (New York Times, 1/22/2010)
"Experts seem to agree that the only groups that can get anything done in the very short term are those with experience in Haiti — Partners in Health is a name that comes up again and again — or those with expertise in disaster relief. "
What Will Your Haiti Relief Donation Go Toward? (CNN, 1/22/2010)
"[Partners In Health] works to bring modern medical care to poor communities around the world. To donate, go to pih.org, or text GIVE to 25383 to donate $10."
RNs Help in Haiti (Nurse.com, 1/22/2010)
"Most of the nurses working with governmental and non-governmental organizations have some sort of experience and training with disaster relief, say representatives of those organizations. About 13 nurses from Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham Women’s Hospital in Boston have been deployed to Haiti, mostly as part of IMSuRT and DMAT teams, and through Partners In Health, a Massachusetts-based international organization that has worked in Haiti for years."
Mass. Groups Offer Creative Help in Haiti (Boston Globe, 1/22/2010)
"Boston is home to many non-profit organizations that have won national prominence in helping Haitians survive the devastating earthquake, including Partners In Health and Oxfam America."
Three Steps to Making Smart Haiti Donations (New York Times, 1/22/2010)
"Experts seem to agree that the only groups that can get anything done in the very short term are those with experience in Haiti — Partners In Health is a name that comes up again and again — or those with expertise in disaster relief."
Updates on the Crisis in Haiti (New York Times, 1/22/2010)
"In a post on a Partners In Health blog about the relief effort Haiti, the charity asks for supplies and doctors to support its work [. . .] Another post on the Partners In Health blog urges people to 'Sign this petition to cancel Haiti’s debt, which currently tops $1 billion.'"
In Haiti, Makeshift Operating Rooms and No Shortage of Patients (Washington Post, 1/22/2010)
"The organization Partners in Health, whose two decades of work in Haiti Tracy Kidder chronicled in his 2004 book 'Mountains Beyond Mountains,' has 12 operating rooms working in the university hospital here."
At a Haitian Restaurant in Brooklyn, Some Relief (New York Times, 1/22/2010)
"In North Carolina, 20 restaurants in the Durham and Raleigh area called the triangle area will donate 10 percent of receipts on Sunday and Monday to Partners In Health."
Sound Off: On Our Minds and Playlists (Boston Globe, 1/22/2010)
"If you want to combine good music with good deeds at a live event, there is no shortage of local efforts to raise funds as well. coustic rockers the Adam Ezra Group decided to convert their CD-release party tomorrow night at the Paradise into a fund-raiser for Partners In Health."
Medical Teams Treat Rising Tide of Injured in Haiti (NPR.org, 1/21/2010)
"Meredith Eves of Partners In Health says the group's more remote facilities have been inundated by waves of injured patients fleeing Port-au-Prince. The group reports an urgent need for more antibiotics, anesthesia, pain medications, IV tubing, x-ray and anesthesia machines."
Doctors, Health Services Play Central Role in Helping Haiti (The Hamilton Spectator, 1/21/010)
"One such relief provider is the non-profit organization Partners in Health (PIH). Started by Paul Farmer and popularized in the book Mountains Beyond Mountains, PIH has been offering medical services in Haiti for over twenty years."
National News Headlines (9&10News.com 1/21/2010)
"U.S.-based Partners In Health says it's within 24 hours of running out of key operating room supplies. That's because of continuing delays in getting aid to survivors."
The JDC in Haiti (eJewishPhilanthropy.com 1/21/2010)
"In collaboration with the Afya Foundation, JDC sent a container of mattresses and much-needed medical supplies to Partners In Health, a renowned local NGO founded by Dr. Paul Farmer, on the ground in Haiti. A second container is being sent on Friday and a third will follow."
Medical Care for Haitians Falls Short, Group Warns (Wall Street Journal 1/21/2010)
"Unknown numbers of people are dying every day in Haiti due to a lack of medicines and assistance, compounding the tragedy from last week's earthquake, aid workers said Wednesday. At any time, more than 1,000 people are waiting for surgery at the hospital, said Andrew Marx, spokesman for Partners In Health, a U.S.-based aid group that has been providing health care in Haiti for two decades."
Kielburger Says People in Haiti Desperate (Theliberal.com 1/21/2010)
"Craig Kielburger, the Thornhill founder of Free the Children, knows Haiti well, having provided schools, medical, water and sanitation assistance to the country since the late 1990s [. . .] On Saturday, he joined Partners In Health - a group that has provided on-the-ground health care in Haiti for more than 20 years - in Haiti to provide emergency relief and medical supplies to the hardest-hit communities."
Your Big, Honking Guide to Haiti Benefits and Valiantly Intentioned Fundraising Efforts, Non-Wyclef Musical Edition (Village Voice 1/21/2010)
"New York's City Winery kicked off a four-night series of benefit concerts with the goal of raising $100,000 to fund a mobile hospital aid mission organized by the Jewish Renaissance Medical Center, as well as Doctors without Borders and Partners In Health, the largest non-government provider of health care in Haiti."
The View from Haiti: A Personal Account (OpenForum 1/21/2010)
Dr. Evan Lyon, a Partners In Health clinician currently in Haiti, executive editor of Health and Human Rights: An International Journal, and co-founder of the OpenForum blog, shares his experiences on the ground in Haiti.
Medtronic to Give up to $1M to Haiti Relief Work (ABCnews.com 1/21/2010)
"Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. said Thursday that it and its foundation will donate up to $1 million toward earthquake relief and rebuilding in Haiti. Metronic also plans to match charitable donations by employees by giving Partners In Health up to $250,000."
EMR Enables Partners In Health relief efforts in Haiti (FierceEMR.com 1/21/2010)
"If you've been following Haiti relief efforts since the Jan. 12 earthquake sent t
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