Partners In Health Canada 🇨🇦
@pihcanada.org
Advancing global health equity through delivering high-quality health care, advocating for social justice, and strengthening health systems.
PIH stands in solidarity with communities and upholds a preferential option for the poor. Sister org to @pih.org.
PIH stands in solidarity with communities and upholds a preferential option for the poor. Sister org to @pih.org.
UBC and SFU PIH chapters are partnering with us to host a Global Health Case Competition — built by students, for students. Happening next Sat, Nov 29th.
If of interest @ubcpress.bsky.social @ccj-ubc.bsky.social @ires.ubc.ca @jwmartens.bsky.social @profterrig.bsky.social @lauraknelson.bsky.social
If of interest @ubcpress.bsky.social @ccj-ubc.bsky.social @ires.ubc.ca @jwmartens.bsky.social @profterrig.bsky.social @lauraknelson.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
UBC and SFU PIH chapters are partnering with us to host a Global Health Case Competition — built by students, for students. Happening next Sat, Nov 29th.
If of interest @ubcpress.bsky.social @ccj-ubc.bsky.social @ires.ubc.ca @jwmartens.bsky.social @profterrig.bsky.social @lauraknelson.bsky.social
If of interest @ubcpress.bsky.social @ccj-ubc.bsky.social @ires.ubc.ca @jwmartens.bsky.social @profterrig.bsky.social @lauraknelson.bsky.social
All I want for Christmas is giftables that send a message 🧡
Shop for these and many more here: https://pihcanada.myshopify.com/
Note: side effects of purchases could include one or two angry relatives; proceed with caution.
Shop for these and many more here: https://pihcanada.myshopify.com/
Note: side effects of purchases could include one or two angry relatives; proceed with caution.
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
All I want for Christmas is giftables that send a message 🧡
Shop for these and many more here: https://pihcanada.myshopify.com/
Note: side effects of purchases could include one or two angry relatives; proceed with caution.
Shop for these and many more here: https://pihcanada.myshopify.com/
Note: side effects of purchases could include one or two angry relatives; proceed with caution.
The article states that many countries fall short of their target of spending 15% of their budget on health care, but fails to mention that many countries are spending more on servicing debt than on health.
How can we expect strong health systems to flourish under that kind of burden?
How can we expect strong health systems to flourish under that kind of burden?
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The article states that many countries fall short of their target of spending 15% of their budget on health care, but fails to mention that many countries are spending more on servicing debt than on health.
How can we expect strong health systems to flourish under that kind of burden?
How can we expect strong health systems to flourish under that kind of burden?
Just read this Devex news piece, and I can’t stop thinking about this line by Dr. Jean Kaseya of the Africa CDC:
➡️ “Up to 60% of foreign health aid to Africa is effectively wasted.”
That’s not a typo. Sixty percent.
➡️ “Up to 60% of foreign health aid to Africa is effectively wasted.”
That’s not a typo. Sixty percent.
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Just read this Devex news piece, and I can’t stop thinking about this line by Dr. Jean Kaseya of the Africa CDC:
➡️ “Up to 60% of foreign health aid to Africa is effectively wasted.”
That’s not a typo. Sixty percent.
➡️ “Up to 60% of foreign health aid to Africa is effectively wasted.”
That’s not a typo. Sixty percent.
This year’s program draws on the latest issue of Dædalus, the Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, which explores the frontiers of mental health today.
🔗 Learn more & register: pihcanada.org/mental-health-matters
#MentalHealthMatters #GlobalHealthEquity #PaulFarmer
🔗 Learn more & register: pihcanada.org/mental-health-matters
#MentalHealthMatters #GlobalHealthEquity #PaulFarmer
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This year’s program draws on the latest issue of Dædalus, the Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, which explores the frontiers of mental health today.
🔗 Learn more & register: pihcanada.org/mental-health-matters
#MentalHealthMatters #GlobalHealthEquity #PaulFarmer
🔗 Learn more & register: pihcanada.org/mental-health-matters
#MentalHealthMatters #GlobalHealthEquity #PaulFarmer
🗓️ Schedule:
1:30 | Opening
1:45 | Panel: Global mental health care delivery & research
2:35 | Panel: U.S. mental health advocacy & policy
3:30 | Keynote Address
4:30 | Closing
1:30 | Opening
1:45 | Panel: Global mental health care delivery & research
2:35 | Panel: U.S. mental health advocacy & policy
3:30 | Keynote Address
4:30 | Closing
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🗓️ Schedule:
1:30 | Opening
1:45 | Panel: Global mental health care delivery & research
2:35 | Panel: U.S. mental health advocacy & policy
3:30 | Keynote Address
4:30 | Closing
1:30 | Opening
1:45 | Panel: Global mental health care delivery & research
2:35 | Panel: U.S. mental health advocacy & policy
3:30 | Keynote Address
4:30 | Closing
This event is hosted by @pih.org, @harvardmed.bsky.social, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and @harvardgh.bsky.social.
Hear from leading experts on how comprehensive, justice-driven approaches can transform mental health care — globally and within the U.S.
Hear from leading experts on how comprehensive, justice-driven approaches can transform mental health care — globally and within the U.S.
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This event is hosted by @pih.org, @harvardmed.bsky.social, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and @harvardgh.bsky.social.
Hear from leading experts on how comprehensive, justice-driven approaches can transform mental health care — globally and within the U.S.
Hear from leading experts on how comprehensive, justice-driven approaches can transform mental health care — globally and within the U.S.
From poverty to displacement to systemic inequity, mental well-being is shaped by far more than what happens inside a clinic.
On November 18, 1:30–4:30 p.m. ET, join the Paul Farmer Symposium on Global Health Equity: Mental Health Matters 🧵
On November 18, 1:30–4:30 p.m. ET, join the Paul Farmer Symposium on Global Health Equity: Mental Health Matters 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
From poverty to displacement to systemic inequity, mental well-being is shaped by far more than what happens inside a clinic.
On November 18, 1:30–4:30 p.m. ET, join the Paul Farmer Symposium on Global Health Equity: Mental Health Matters 🧵
On November 18, 1:30–4:30 p.m. ET, join the Paul Farmer Symposium on Global Health Equity: Mental Health Matters 🧵
They don’t call them #RebelCaregivers for nothing. 💪
This limited-edition collection, designed by artist Grace Yip, celebrates those who refuse to accept that anyone is beyond the reach of care.
🛍️ Shop the collection while it lasts: https://pihcanada.myshopify.com/
#GlobalHealth #HealthEquity
This limited-edition collection, designed by artist Grace Yip, celebrates those who refuse to accept that anyone is beyond the reach of care.
🛍️ Shop the collection while it lasts: https://pihcanada.myshopify.com/
#GlobalHealth #HealthEquity
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
They don’t call them #RebelCaregivers for nothing. 💪
This limited-edition collection, designed by artist Grace Yip, celebrates those who refuse to accept that anyone is beyond the reach of care.
🛍️ Shop the collection while it lasts: https://pihcanada.myshopify.com/
#GlobalHealth #HealthEquity
This limited-edition collection, designed by artist Grace Yip, celebrates those who refuse to accept that anyone is beyond the reach of care.
🛍️ Shop the collection while it lasts: https://pihcanada.myshopify.com/
#GlobalHealth #HealthEquity
🙅🏾♀️ Year-end giving season means an endless barrage of comments around “helping Canadians first”. With the backdrop of #Budget2025 announcing a whopping $2.7B cut to the #InternationalAssistance Envelope (IAE), it feels important to address comments like these.
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
🙅🏾♀️ Year-end giving season means an endless barrage of comments around “helping Canadians first”. With the backdrop of #Budget2025 announcing a whopping $2.7B cut to the #InternationalAssistance Envelope (IAE), it feels important to address comments like these.
She was 4 months pregnant. Walking to collect her school report card.
Then, in an instant, she fell. And couldn’t stand up again.
In Jojoima, Sierra Leone, far from the capital, 23-year-old Fatimata’s world collapsed. She lay on the ground, paralyzed from the waist down, terrified. 🧵1️⃣
Then, in an instant, she fell. And couldn’t stand up again.
In Jojoima, Sierra Leone, far from the capital, 23-year-old Fatimata’s world collapsed. She lay on the ground, paralyzed from the waist down, terrified. 🧵1️⃣
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
She was 4 months pregnant. Walking to collect her school report card.
Then, in an instant, she fell. And couldn’t stand up again.
In Jojoima, Sierra Leone, far from the capital, 23-year-old Fatimata’s world collapsed. She lay on the ground, paralyzed from the waist down, terrified. 🧵1️⃣
Then, in an instant, she fell. And couldn’t stand up again.
In Jojoima, Sierra Leone, far from the capital, 23-year-old Fatimata’s world collapsed. She lay on the ground, paralyzed from the waist down, terrified. 🧵1️⃣
When we think of #accompaniment, our work alongside communities in #WestAfrica quickly comes to mind. 🌍
When @pih.org was invited to provide urgent support in responding to #Ebola. But rather than provide short-term emergency support, we looked deeper. 👀
When @pih.org was invited to provide urgent support in responding to #Ebola. But rather than provide short-term emergency support, we looked deeper. 👀
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
When we think of #accompaniment, our work alongside communities in #WestAfrica quickly comes to mind. 🌍
When @pih.org was invited to provide urgent support in responding to #Ebola. But rather than provide short-term emergency support, we looked deeper. 👀
When @pih.org was invited to provide urgent support in responding to #Ebola. But rather than provide short-term emergency support, we looked deeper. 👀
our hearts are swelling with pride, please take a moment to congratulate our friends on this monumental milestone.
#MaternalHealth #GlobalHealthEquity #PaulFarmerLegacy #PartnersInHealth #HealthForAll #SierraLeon
#MaternalHealth #GlobalHealthEquity #PaulFarmerLegacy #PartnersInHealth #HealthForAll #SierraLeon
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 AM
our hearts are swelling with pride, please take a moment to congratulate our friends on this monumental milestone.
#MaternalHealth #GlobalHealthEquity #PaulFarmerLegacy #PartnersInHealth #HealthForAll #SierraLeon
#MaternalHealth #GlobalHealthEquity #PaulFarmerLegacy #PartnersInHealth #HealthForAll #SierraLeon
at the ribbon-cutting, the President and First Lady of Sierra Leone stood alongside our incredible colleagues and community members and leaders to celebrate a future where every woman can give birth safely and with compassion. 🥰
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 AM
at the ribbon-cutting, the President and First Lady of Sierra Leone stood alongside our incredible colleagues and community members and leaders to celebrate a future where every woman can give birth safely and with compassion. 🥰
...and so it begins 🧡
eleven years ago, Kono, Sierra Leone was at the heart of the Ebola crisis.
today, that same community is home to the Paul E. Farmer Maternal Center of Excellence: a place of healing, dignity, and hope. 🍀
eleven years ago, Kono, Sierra Leone was at the heart of the Ebola crisis.
today, that same community is home to the Paul E. Farmer Maternal Center of Excellence: a place of healing, dignity, and hope. 🍀
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 AM
...and so it begins 🧡
eleven years ago, Kono, Sierra Leone was at the heart of the Ebola crisis.
today, that same community is home to the Paul E. Farmer Maternal Center of Excellence: a place of healing, dignity, and hope. 🍀
eleven years ago, Kono, Sierra Leone was at the heart of the Ebola crisis.
today, that same community is home to the Paul E. Farmer Maternal Center of Excellence: a place of healing, dignity, and hope. 🍀
PM @mark-carney.bsky.social: “Canada’s leadership will no longer be defined by the strength of our values, but by the value of our strength.”
If that means fire jets and missiles over aid, Carney is wrong.
Canada’s power is our values.
@btobcanada.bsky.social @resultscanada.bsky.social
If that means fire jets and missiles over aid, Carney is wrong.
Canada’s power is our values.
@btobcanada.bsky.social @resultscanada.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
PM @mark-carney.bsky.social: “Canada’s leadership will no longer be defined by the strength of our values, but by the value of our strength.”
If that means fire jets and missiles over aid, Carney is wrong.
Canada’s power is our values.
@btobcanada.bsky.social @resultscanada.bsky.social
If that means fire jets and missiles over aid, Carney is wrong.
Canada’s power is our values.
@btobcanada.bsky.social @resultscanada.bsky.social
Wanting to cozy up with a nice book or a captivating podcast 🍁🍂
Check out our team’s recommendations, with many more here: pihcanada.org/news/pihc-st...
#bookrecommendations #paulfarmer #globalhealth #healthbooks #publichealth @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Check out our team’s recommendations, with many more here: pihcanada.org/news/pihc-st...
#bookrecommendations #paulfarmer #globalhealth #healthbooks #publichealth @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Wanting to cozy up with a nice book or a captivating podcast 🍁🍂
Check out our team’s recommendations, with many more here: pihcanada.org/news/pihc-st...
#bookrecommendations #paulfarmer #globalhealth #healthbooks #publichealth @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Check out our team’s recommendations, with many more here: pihcanada.org/news/pihc-st...
#bookrecommendations #paulfarmer #globalhealth #healthbooks #publichealth @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
🎨 Got a design that embodies health as a human right?
Submit your artwork today to inspire #globalsolidarity!
Selected artworks will be used on our merch store, and the artists of chosen designs will receive a $100 honorarium.
Deadline: Oct 31
👉 pihcanada.org/merch-store-...
#ArtForJustice
Submit your artwork today to inspire #globalsolidarity!
Selected artworks will be used on our merch store, and the artists of chosen designs will receive a $100 honorarium.
Deadline: Oct 31
👉 pihcanada.org/merch-store-...
#ArtForJustice
October 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🎨 Got a design that embodies health as a human right?
Submit your artwork today to inspire #globalsolidarity!
Selected artworks will be used on our merch store, and the artists of chosen designs will receive a $100 honorarium.
Deadline: Oct 31
👉 pihcanada.org/merch-store-...
#ArtForJustice
Submit your artwork today to inspire #globalsolidarity!
Selected artworks will be used on our merch store, and the artists of chosen designs will receive a $100 honorarium.
Deadline: Oct 31
👉 pihcanada.org/merch-store-...
#ArtForJustice
🔔 Tickets running out!
If you’re in #Toronto or #Montreal, make sure to join us and @zackieachmat.bsky.social for this wonderful event on the #GlobalHealth Activism that we need today.
Tickets and more information in the bio or on this link: pihcanada.org/global-healt...
If you’re in #Toronto or #Montreal, make sure to join us and @zackieachmat.bsky.social for this wonderful event on the #GlobalHealth Activism that we need today.
Tickets and more information in the bio or on this link: pihcanada.org/global-healt...
October 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
🔔 Tickets running out!
If you’re in #Toronto or #Montreal, make sure to join us and @zackieachmat.bsky.social for this wonderful event on the #GlobalHealth Activism that we need today.
Tickets and more information in the bio or on this link: pihcanada.org/global-healt...
If you’re in #Toronto or #Montreal, make sure to join us and @zackieachmat.bsky.social for this wonderful event on the #GlobalHealth Activism that we need today.
Tickets and more information in the bio or on this link: pihcanada.org/global-healt...
When aid is cut, lives are cut short.
U.S. aid cuts are gutting global health programs. Now the question is: will Canada lead, or stay silent?
Read @mbrender.bsky.social’s reflection:
https://pihcanada.org/news/canadas-role-in-a-ransacked-world
#GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #ForeignAid #PIHCanada
U.S. aid cuts are gutting global health programs. Now the question is: will Canada lead, or stay silent?
Read @mbrender.bsky.social’s reflection:
https://pihcanada.org/news/canadas-role-in-a-ransacked-world
#GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #ForeignAid #PIHCanada
October 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
When aid is cut, lives are cut short.
U.S. aid cuts are gutting global health programs. Now the question is: will Canada lead, or stay silent?
Read @mbrender.bsky.social’s reflection:
https://pihcanada.org/news/canadas-role-in-a-ransacked-world
#GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #ForeignAid #PIHCanada
U.S. aid cuts are gutting global health programs. Now the question is: will Canada lead, or stay silent?
Read @mbrender.bsky.social’s reflection:
https://pihcanada.org/news/canadas-role-in-a-ransacked-world
#GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #ForeignAid #PIHCanada
Why come to our event? Here are some of our reasons!
Limited availability and tickets are beginning to 🏃♂️
If you’re in #Toronto or #Montreal, grab yours: pihcanada.org/global-healt...
#montrealevents #torontoevent #torontoevent #globalhealth #healthequity #healthforall #hivawareness #hivaids
Limited availability and tickets are beginning to 🏃♂️
If you’re in #Toronto or #Montreal, grab yours: pihcanada.org/global-healt...
#montrealevents #torontoevent #torontoevent #globalhealth #healthequity #healthforall #hivawareness #hivaids
October 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Why come to our event? Here are some of our reasons!
Limited availability and tickets are beginning to 🏃♂️
If you’re in #Toronto or #Montreal, grab yours: pihcanada.org/global-healt...
#montrealevents #torontoevent #torontoevent #globalhealth #healthequity #healthforall #hivawareness #hivaids
Limited availability and tickets are beginning to 🏃♂️
If you’re in #Toronto or #Montreal, grab yours: pihcanada.org/global-healt...
#montrealevents #torontoevent #torontoevent #globalhealth #healthequity #healthforall #hivawareness #hivaids
When we talk about “budgets,” remember what’s behind the numbers:
Mapapali, a mother who once thought dying from HIV was inevitable, so she considered giving her children up for adoption, until treatment reached her village and saved her life.
Mapapali, a mother who once thought dying from HIV was inevitable, so she considered giving her children up for adoption, until treatment reached her village and saved her life.
October 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
When we talk about “budgets,” remember what’s behind the numbers:
Mapapali, a mother who once thought dying from HIV was inevitable, so she considered giving her children up for adoption, until treatment reached her village and saved her life.
Mapapali, a mother who once thought dying from HIV was inevitable, so she considered giving her children up for adoption, until treatment reached her village and saved her life.
Even if funding comes back today, it’ll take months, even years, to rebuild systems, retrain staff, and regain trust.
That’s the hidden cost of delay.
That’s the hidden cost of delay.
October 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Even if funding comes back today, it’ll take months, even years, to rebuild systems, retrain staff, and regain trust.
That’s the hidden cost of delay.
That’s the hidden cost of delay.
Also, look at this chart from the report: years of progress that could vanish in months if the U.S. doesn’t reinstate funding.
One stroke of a pen can unravel decades of work.
One stroke of a pen can unravel decades of work.
October 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Also, look at this chart from the report: years of progress that could vanish in months if the U.S. doesn’t reinstate funding.
One stroke of a pen can unravel decades of work.
One stroke of a pen can unravel decades of work.
Lesotho also has one of the highest HIV rates in the world (about 1 in 5 people live with HIV).
When treatment stops, viral loads rise. Transmission goes up again. So it’s no wonder people are terrified. Case in point:
When treatment stops, viral loads rise. Transmission goes up again. So it’s no wonder people are terrified. Case in point:
October 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Lesotho also has one of the highest HIV rates in the world (about 1 in 5 people live with HIV).
When treatment stops, viral loads rise. Transmission goes up again. So it’s no wonder people are terrified. Case in point:
When treatment stops, viral loads rise. Transmission goes up again. So it’s no wonder people are terrified. Case in point: