News & Stories
At PIH, we understand it takes more than medical care to make patients well. In all 11 countries where we work, we offer social support—basic resources like food, housing, and transportation that make it possible for patients to access and benefit from health care.
PIH recently opened a newly-renovated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Kirehe District Hospital to provide lifesaving care for newborns in one of Rwanda’s busiest maternity wards.
For more than 30 years, PIH has provided lifesaving drugs to millions of patients, free of charge, along with the care and essential resources they need to survive. Health care is a human right.
What struck Winston Duke the most while visiting Partners In Health in Rwanda was not the hospitals, or the medicine, or even the stories from patients and staff—it was the sense of community.
After a near-fatal motorcycle crash, 16-year-old Aline Niyizurugero received lifesaving care thanks to Partners In Health, which covered all costs and supported her full recovery and return to school.
UGHE was founded by Partners In Health in 2015, in collaboration with the Rwandan Ministry of Health. In 2022, UGHE Medical School earned regional accreditation.
The Paul E. Farmer Scholarship Fund will help prepare UGHE students for lifetime learning, innovation, leadership, and research without worrying about the burden of financial barriers.
Hepatitis C once went undetected in Rwanda, but thanks to Partners In Health, over 50,000 patients have received free care—turning groundbreaking research into a national cure and global model.