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Partners in Health

A girl washes her hands at a spigot at the entrance of her parents' house in Pikine, on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, on March 9, 2020.
COVID-19
What the US can learn from West Africa to slow the spread of coronavirus
An ambulance transporting an Ebola patient drives to the entrance of a treatment centre outside Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Health
An American aid worker with Ebola receives speedy care, while a Sierra Leonean colleague is ‘left behind’
Health workers wearing protective clothing disinfect themselves after an abandoned dead body presenting with Ebola symptoms was found at Duwala market in Monrovia, Liberia, on August 17, 2014.
Health
This American doctor says racism is to blame for the slow response to the Ebola outbreak
A health worker takes a passenger's temperature with an infrared digital laser thermometer at the Felix Houphouet Boigny international airport in Abidjan on August 13, 2014.
Health
Paul Farmer says the best way to stop Ebola is to build up health care in Africa
A health worker takes a passenger's temperature with an infrared digital laser thermometer at the Felix Houphouet Boigny international airport in Abidjan on August 13, 2014.
Health
Paul Farmer says the best way to stop Ebola is to build up health care in Africa
Health & Medicine
Cancer’s New Battleground: In Haiti, breast cancer presents stark choices
Development & Education
Haiti after four major storms
Clinic in Haiti
Health & Medicine
Part II: Pink Ribbons to Haiti
Global Politics
Tracking Down Haiti’s First Cholera Case
Conflict & Justice
Getting the money where it’s needed most in Haiti
Health & Medicine
Making medical records accessible