Partners In Health Canada
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We are a social justice and global health organization striving to make health care a human right. We refuse to accept that any life is worth less than another.
Partners In Health (PIH) was founded in 1987 to support a one-room health clinic serving a destitute squatter settlement in rural Haiti. PIH’s founders believed the conditions in the settlement — the crushing poverty, absence of modern health care and pervasive poor health — were not inevitable. These were social conditions subject to human intervention and so could be changed — in Haiti or anywhere in the world. PIH Canada opened our offices in 2011 to strengthen the work and add our voice to the Canadian movement for health as a human right. We bring the benefits of modern medicine to those who have suffered from the overt and subtle injustices of the world, in the past and in the present.
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Paul Farmer couldn’t stand a handful of words. Ask anyone who worked alongside him, and they’ll list: strategic plan, annual plan, budget, and worst of all, tuition fee.
To Paul, these words were a polite and bureaucratic way of saying no to people who needed to hear a yes. He pushed to find a way to say yes anyways in health equity, in showing up for others, in PIH’s practice of accompaniment.
You can still see this continue in today’s work.
What word would you add? Explore more of PIH's work on our website: pihcanada.org
Paul Farmer had zero patience for a few specific words. Budget, strategic plan, and worst of all, tuition fees.
He called those the “House of No”, and he was much more interested in a “House of Yes:” Yes to equity, yes to showing up, yes to accompaniment. That’s still the standard today.
What words do you have beef with?
09/01/2026
Delivering health care is an interconnected endeavour! It takes people, supplies, buildings, records, and support that follows patients home.
At Partners In Health, we call those the 5S's: staff, stuff, space, systems, and social support. Each of those plays an essential role—remove one, and it weakens the health system.
Interested in learning more? Check out the five S’s on our website:
https://pihcanada.org/news/pihs-five-ss-essential-elements-strong-health-systems
08/27/2026
Regina Chingwalu was 14 when tuberculosis spread from her lungs into her spine. By the time a community health worker knocked on her door in Neno District, Malawi, she could no longer walk or stand.
TB is curable, and Regina’s infection was gone within a year of starting treatment. But TB found her before the health system did, and the damage to her spine was permanent. Even now, TB remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
That’s why Partners In Health, known in Malawi as Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo, doesn’t stop at medicine. For Regina and her family, treatment came with physical therapy, food support, cash transfers, and a wheelchair.
Regina is back in school, what she’s planning next is the best part of her story:
Tuberculosis Infected Her Spine. Her Hope for Her Future Remains. Regina Chingwalu, a young women living in Malawi, lost the use of her limbs from extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Then, PIH stepped in.
Every year, millions of people face tuberculosis without knowing if help will reach them in time.
Partners In Health is working to change that. As a global leader in the fight against tuberculosis, PIH follows a community-based approach to care.
By meeting people where they are, PIH was able to achieve an 84% treatment success rate in the nine countries where it provided treatment.
This is what happens when solidarity meets health care. Interested in learning more? Explore our work towards fighting against TB on our website: https://pihcanada.org/news/i-want-get-well-tb-treatment-journey-indigenous-woman-peru
08/05/2026
What does it take to give across borders responsibly, effectively, and in support of locally led change?
Join us online on August 12, when Partners In Health Canada National Director Mark Brender speaks alongside CAF Canada, Pathy Family Foundation, Ancestors of Tomorrow, and buildOn.
This practical conversation will explore how Canadian funders can navigate international giving requirements, manage risk, and build partnerships that respect the priorities and leadership of the communities they seek to support.
📅 Wednesday, August 12
🕜 1:30–3:00 p.m. ET
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Fostering global giving: How Canadian philanthropy can meet the moment Join CAF Canada and the Pathy Family Foundation for an inspiring conversation on navigating cross-border giving with confidence.
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