Partners In Health Ebola Response

(Above: Ebola survivors Emoze “Moh Moh”and Mohamed “The Chairman” travel the streets and neighborhoods of Freetown in search and support of other survivors.)

Partners In Health is deeply committed to our goals of combating Ebola and advancing long-term, systemic change in the public health systems in Liberia and Sierra Leone. We have made significant progress in the realization of these goals. Thanks to your support, we addressed gaps in the immediate Ebola response swiftly and nimbly, and are now successfully integrating emergency efforts into broader strategies to strengthen the public health system. PIH continues to embrace the opportunity to improve the quality of care available and secure healthy and resilient futures for the people and communities we serve in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

The need for investment in the Liberian and Sierra Leonean health systems has never been greater, and strengthening health systems is at the core of the PIH mission. With the decline in the number of Ebola cases, PIH’s work has progressed toward recovery and rebuilding the health care systems in each country, developing our plans in partnership with the Ministries of Health based on their evolving needs and priorities.

Our current roadmap includes:
• Ensuring that all patients can safely receive care;
• Repairing and making other critical improvements at hospitals and local clinics;
• Training community health workers, nurses, and doctors; and
• Providing technical assistance to the Ministries of Health.

Strong public health systems are an essential component of getting to, and staying at, zero new cases of Ebola, and of guaranteeing that patients, survivors, and others can receive high-quality comprehensive health care. As we have done in countries ravaged by genocide and natural disasters, PIH will bring safe, effective health care to communities in need.

We thank you again for your partnership in accomplishing these goals, and we hope you'll continue to join in our efforts.