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Partners in Health

Delivering Lifesaving Mental Health Care In Peru During COVID-19

Peru

08 Nov 2021

Team helps patients manage depression through ongoing care, support Content warning: This story contains brief, general mention of suicidal ideation. The taxis are gone, again. But it isn’t the first time that Gábriel* has shown up to an empty lot. As one of dozens of motorcycle taxi drivers in San Juan de Lurigancho, an impoverished community just 8 miles northeast of Lima...

08 Nov 2021

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Partners in Health

"Breast Cancer is Not a Death Sentence"

Rwanda

08 Nov 2021

Diane Mukawera was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer at the age of 42. &nbsp;As a practicing nurse, she was aware of the disease, but a discussion with a friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer is what she believes saved her life. &nbsp; She&nbsp;was among the first oncology patients admitted at&nbsp;Partners&nbsp;In&nbsp;Health-supported&nbsp;Butaro&nbsp;District&nbsp;Hospital,&nbsp;w...

08 Nov 2021

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Partners in Health

In Mexico, Empowering Mothers During Childbirth

Mexico

08 Nov 2021

Years later, Estefanía Monterrosas still remembers the girl. How she came in the middle of the night. How she came alone. How she had crossed the border from Guatemala to Mexico with little more than identity documents, stating her age was 18—documents that turned out to be her sister’s. The girl was only 15. She had run away from home. And no one in her family, but her sister, knew she...

08 Nov 2021

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