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PIH began working in Sierra Leone in 2014 at the invitation of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) to respond to West Africa's historic Ebola outbreak. While leading efforts to care and treat Ebola patients and contain the spread, PIH made a long-term commitment to support the government in revitalizing the country's health sector and improving access to care for millions of Sierra Leoneans. Since that time, PIH has led targeted programming to radically improve health outcomes at PIH-supported Koidu Government Hospital, Wellbody Clinic, and eight additional facilities throughout the country, with a particular focus on maternal health. Today, in partnership with the Government of Sierra Leone, PIH supports 11 health facilities and works across eight districts in an effort to build systems that protect every Sierra Leonean's right to health, especially those most vulnerable to sickness and injustice. With a team of over 900 staff members, 94% of which are Sierra Leonean nationals, PIH's model utilizes a public-private partnership with Ministry of Health, leveraging Kono District as a model for the provision of integrated, patient-centered care across all levels of health care delivery. Ultimately, PIH aims to ensure holistic health systems strengthening through continuous, comprehensive investments, and quality improvement initiatives that respond to emerging needs informed by research and community voices. Despite the early successes of PIH's efforts, Sierra Leone remains one of the most dangerous places on earth for women to give birth. This emergency requires a bold plan to implement long-term, systemic solutions to address the preventable death facing women, children, and their families in Sierra Leone. The Maternal Center of Excellence (MCOE) is PIH's response to both the devastating circumstances and promising advancements we've seen in women's health in Kono District, across Sierra Leone, and around the world. In partnership with the Government of Sierra Leone, PIH is constructing, equipping, and staffing the estimated 166-bed national center of excellence in an effort to improve and expand access to a comprehensive, advanced package of care for women and children-more than doubling the maternity inpatient beds available in the local community. Establishment of the MCOE as a hub of innovation through the development of clinical training, mentorship, and research programs will allow for replication of the MCOE model in nationally and globally, through government accompaniment, advocacy, and the transfer of knowledge and innovation.

The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) is a first-of-its-kind global health sciences university pioneering a new approach to education. Based in Rwanda, PIH launched this international university in 2015 with the mission to radically change the way health care is delivered around the work by training global health professional to deliver more equitable, quality health services for all. The graduates, emerge ready to tackle the world's most pressing health challenges. UGHE's flagship degree programs revolve around community health and social medicine. Students master social determinants of health, accompanying underserved patients, and delivering care in low-resourced communities. UGHE has graduated public health experts via the Master of Science in Global Health Delivery degree, and trains aspiring physicians through the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery program. The diverse student body is majority women and includes students from more than 30 countries building the health care workforce capacity in dozens of countries in Africa and beyond. This past year, UGHE was ranked 4th in the Times Higher Education rankings for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024, up from 8th the previous year and received the highest score in the region for student engagement. This achievement highlights the continued dedication to excellence, equity, and innovation in global health education. In April, PBS News Hour traveled to Rwanda to highlight how UGHE is connecting people in remote communities to lifesaving care and educating the next generation of African healthcare providers who are committed to staying in and serving their communities. UGHE's campus in Rwanda's rural Burera District features strategic design elements to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration. The hands-on educational environment includes an innovative clinical simulation center, fully equipped laboratory spaces, and teleconferencing facilities for remote instruction by leading clinicians. Planned expansions to the UGHE campus will add teaching and learning space, library and laboratory capacity, enhance the simulation center, broaden research capabilities, and extend student services. The campus is also intentionally located near PIH-supported Butaro Teaching Hospital, the first district-level teaching hospital in all of Rwanda, where UGHE medical students perform their clinical rotations.

In addition to the programs listed, PIH has programs in Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi, Liberia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Peru, US, and Navajo Nation. Major expenditures in other programs include those for endTB, research, electronic medical records, monitoring and evaluation, and mental health.