Partners In Health
Social Entrepreneur
Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl and Jim Yong Kim.
Founded
1987
MISSION
To partner with poor communities to combat disease and poverty.
Where they work
Haiti, Peru, Russia, Rwanda, Malawi, Mexico, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, and Boston, USA.
BUSINESS MODEL
Provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. The model of care is based around partnering with poor communities to bring the benefit of modern medical science to those most in need of them and to serve as an antidote to despair.
Annual budget
US$62 million for FY10 (Jul-10).
Delivered to date
PIH now has twelve clinical sites in Haiti collectively serving a catchment area of 1.2m and providing 2.6m patient visits in 2008. In Rwanda, Malawi and Lesotho PIH operates 35 health facilities, has provided ART to 10,426 patients and recorded 677,000 patient visits annually. Worldwide, PIH employs 11,346 individuals including 6,928 community health workers.
big plans
Build up grassroots public health care systems to care for the poor and serve as a model for improved care for the poor.
Our investment so far
US$200k in unrestricted grants.
