Every Partner Counts: Partners in Health

Partners in Health (PIH) is one of those groups in the humanitarian space that people just KNOW. We have long admired their commitment to health and their conviction that people everywhere deserve a certain standard of care. But it was a special experience to get to travel to Haiti this January, on the 2 year anniversary of the earthquake, with Paul Farmer, one of the organization's founders and a friend, and his team, to SEE firsthand what this model is really all about. Imagine that every human being, no matter where they are born, no matter how much they earn, is actually equal. That's what you get to see when you see PIH in action. You see every individual treated with the same dignity and respect that everyone deserves. Once you see the level of care put into every aspect of their model you want to be a part of it.

For more on Partners in Health, please read Together We Can Save Mothers or one of our posts from Haiti:

• All People Are People (Tout Moun Se Moun)
• Every Mother is a Mother (Chak Manman Se Yon Manman)
• Give A Wo(man) A Fish...Or A Farm...Or Both
• Effective Service Delivery: Accompaniment
• The Future For Haiti: Building Back Better

One of the many parenting skills Partners In Health community health workers teach new mothers is elective bottle feeding to prevent HIV transmission.