by Pritika Patel | Jul 27, 2018 | 2018, Blog
By Katie McMullen, Communications Manager at Health Volunteers Overseas Nurses are an essential component of the global health workforce, and a necessary part of any well-functioning health system. They can be found delivering preventive interventions in primary care...
by Pritika Patel | Jun 30, 2018 | 2018, Blog
Digital health technologies have the potential to improve quality, increase equity in care provision, and lower costs of care delivery in resource poor settings. The WHO recently urged countries in Africa to increase the use of digital health technologies to...
by Pritika Patel | May 30, 2018 | 2018, Blog
Happy (belated) International Nurses Week! The Global Nursing Caucus kicked off its annual International Celebration of Nurses at Partners in Health, bringing together nurses from diverse backgrounds for continued networking and professional growth. During the...
by Pritika Patel | Apr 30, 2018 | 2018, Blog
Written by: Emily Scott, RN, BSN. Emily blogs about travel and ethical volunteering at http://www.twodustytravelers.com/ As a nurse who has been on a dozen medical missions over the past decade, I get a lot of questions from nurses about where to start. I know from...
by Pritika Patel | Mar 29, 2018 | 2018, Blog
Written by: Susan Wood, PNP-BC, MPH, IBCLC “We go. We make house calls. We build health systems. We stay.” These simple principles are the mission statement of Partners In Health, an organization which has grown to include eleven sites around the globe. With its...
by Pritika Patel | Feb 25, 2018 | 2018, Blog
Written by: Barbara Waldorf, BSN, MPH There are various threads of my life that weave together, influencing each other in different ways over time. Nursing is one of those threads, global health is another, and meditation is a third. I have spent a significant portion...
