Relevant, Responsive and Adaptable
March 1, 2013
Helping Babies Breathe

 A Third-Party Evaluation Gives High Marks to Physicians for Peace

In 2012, the Physicians for Peace Board of Directors posed a challenge to our staff: Can Physicians for Peace evaluate its effectiveness? Are we objectively assessing our programs – strengths, weaknesses and future opportunities? In short, can we prove that we are making a difference in people’s lives?

To answer that challenge, we engaged the Improve Group, research and evaluation specialists out of St. Paul, Minn., to carefully analyze our outreach efforts in three countries. After months of review, the... read more

Equipped to Teach, Train and Heal
December 10, 2012

Four years ago, 11-year-old Rudy collided with a family member who was carrying a pot of hot cooking oil. Rudy suffered traumatic burns on his face, neck and chest. His injuries twisted his muscles and mangled his skin. At Benjamin Bloom Children’s Hospital in San Salvador, El Salvador, emergency interventions saved his life, but by October 2012, Rudy needed follow-up surgery and rehabilitation to enhance his range of motion and reduce his terrible scars. Rudy just wanted to go home and play with his friends. The nurses and therapists wanted the same thing for him – a normal life – but... read more

When the Operating Room Becomes the Classroom
November 16, 2012

Kris Giacobbe noticed the toddler first. His name was Amboul. He was hard to miss in the halls of a busy Moroccan hospital, especially for a photographer like Giacobbe. His upturned face and inquisitive expressions were made for the camera. He had that spark of life. He was three years old and on an adventure. Amboul’s grandmother, sitting beside him, had no such glow. She knew what Amboul could not. He needed surgery, again. In his short life, he’d been through a series of mistakes and botched procedures, and his kidneys were failing. During medical training at the hospital, Giacobbe, her... read more

Healthy Pregnancies. Safe Deliveries. Thriving Moms and Babies.
June 30, 2012

 

Seven years after launching our Maternal and Child Health Program, Physicians for Peace expands efforts to support healthier moms and babies.   Too often, a pregnant woman in rural Nigeria is at serious risk of becoming another statistic in the maternal mortality index. She’s lucky if she can manage the trip from her village to the nearest health clinic. Even then, the health workers may not be trained to provide care if things go wrong. In fact, USAID estimates 500,000 women die each year from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. Ninety-nine percent of these... read more
Beyond Disability
March 1, 2012

 

PHYSICIANS FOR PEACE CELEBRATES 12 YEARS OF HELPING PEOPLE WALK, RUN AND THRIVE   Travel from Port-au-Prince to Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Deschapelles, Haiti, and you’ll pass children on their way to school, new buildings along the road and, at the hospital, Haitian staff providing care and comfort to patients. The sights signal important advances for Haitians recovering from the country’s humanitarian crises, said Mary Kwasniewski, senior director of Global Health Programs. “The work in Haiti remains ‘beautifully hard’ – a phrase coined by one of our physical therapists –... read more

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