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‘As Much As We Can, As Fast As We Can:’ PIH Teams Racing to Boost Oxygen Supplies Amid Global Shortages
Lockdowns, national export bans, global surges in demand, shipping woes and flight delays are just some of the challenges PIH teams have faced over the past year, to provide lifesaving support to patients and health systems
Posted on May 17, 2021 Oxygen tanks line a wall at PIH-supported Koidu Government Hospital in Kono District, Sierra Leone. The plant, introduced by PIH, fills lifesaving oxygen canisters for the emergency ward, surgical ward, and for patients suffering from respiratory symptoms, including from COVID-19. Koidu Government Hospital is the only secondary care facility serving Kono s 500,000 people. PIH has raced over the past year to boost oxygen supplies at supported facilities around the world.
PIH in Images: 2020
From homes to hospitals, on rough roads and steep slopes, from capitals to rural communities, these moments in time give a glimpse of how PIHers around the world joined together this year to respond to COVID-19, continue lifesaving services across all of our health care areas, and show that health is a human right
Posted on Dec 23, 2020 Health workers with Socios En Salud, as PIH is known in Peru, work in full PPE to provide vital care and support in Lima.
Photo by William Castro Rodriguez for PIH
In 2020, PIHers around the world joined in a unified fight against an unknown virus, visiting patients at homes, health centers, and hospitals, to provide care and social support as COVID-19 spiraled into a pandemic.
New Oxygen Plant at PIH Hospital Will Fill Void, Save Lives in Lesotho
Lesotho health leaders said the country s first medical oxygen plant is a landmark for building a stronger health system during COVID-19 and beyond
Posted on Dec 18, 2020 Dr. Melino Ndayizigiye (right), executive director of PIH in Lesotho, enters the new oxygen plant at PIH-supported Botsabelo Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho s capital, earlier this month. Behind him is Lesotho Minister of Health Motlatsi Maqelepo and, at left, Advocate Lesimole Moletsane, deputy principal secretary for Lesotho’s Ministry of Health.
Photos by Mpho Marole / PIH
A new oxygen plant installed at Partners In Health-supported Botšabelo Hospital is the first such facility in Lesotho and will save lives during the respiratory COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, a local news report said.
Ekip Solid: A Conversation with Dr. Melino Ndayizigiye
The executive director of PIH in Lesotho talks about his dedication to rural medicine, his love of animals, and responding to a pandemic during his first year at the helm
Posted on Dec 16, 2020 Dr. Melino Ndayizigiye, then clinical director for PIH in Lesotho, speaks at a 2017 cross-site meeting of PIH s non-communicable disease team. Beside him is Jason Beste, then a medical officer with PIH in Liberia; Dr. Marta Lado, then chief medical officer for PIH Sierra Leone; and Dr. Yusuf Dibba, then deputy medical officer for PIH Sierra Leone. Dr. Ndayizigiye became executive director of PIH in Lesotho earlier this year.