How can we meet urgent global needs while supporting locally led solutions? On Aug. 12, Mark Brender joins CAF Canada for a conversation on responsible giving: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fostering-global-giving-how-canadian-philanthropy-can-meet-the-moment-tickets-1994959662052?aff=oddtdtcreator

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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Before TB stole his breath, Elvis played the saxophone. Through a clinical trial in Peru he received shorter treatment for one of the most resistant forms of TB, and the support to make recovery possible: https://pihcanada.org/news/elvis-and-drug-resistant-tuberculosis-clinical-study-saved-his-life

"TB is curable, but..." that's most sentences about TB. On Guimaras Island, PIH, the Government of the Philippines, John Green, and local partners are working to prove that TB elimination is possible when care reaches everyone. https://pihcanada.org/news/fight-against-tuberculosis-guimaras-island

The Fight Against Tuberculosis on Guimaras Island

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Hundreds of new people have joined us here recently — welcome 💙 We’re Partners In Health Canada: part of a global movement for health equity, working alongside communities to build care that lasts. Here’s a glimpse of what we’ve done together: https://pihcanada.org/about-us/our-approach/our-impact

Thank you to everyone who gave, interacted, shared. Because of your generosity, we’ve met our goal! Your support is helping strengthen the systems that make safe care possible for more moms and babies. Stay up to date on progress: https://pihcanada.org/#block-pih-local-signupforournewsletter

Did you know traditional birth attendants were once banned from delivering babies in Sierra Leone? In Kono, PIH chose to partner with them instead. Until June 30, every gift is doubled: https://pihcanada.org/campaigns/safe-birth?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=end_of_fiscal_year

A new analysis estimates that 2 million people lost PEPFAR-supported HIV treatment in the last year. Including 42k in Malawi, 11k in Haiti, 4k in Lesotho. Lifesaving care is a global health obligation, not a discretionary foreign policy. Read more: rdcu.be/fqkUd

It’s encouraging to see Canada commit $8M to the Ebola response. Now we need to build on that leadership with long-term investments that help governments contain outbreaks before they spiral. Listen to Marleigh’s analysis + read more: pihcanada.org/news/dr-cass...

A sincere thank you to everyone who joined us in Edmonton this week for an evening with Dr. Joia Mukherjee. In a moment of withdrawn aid and deep uncertainty, Joia reminded us that global health equity is still possible—and communities like this help make it real.

Standing in solidarity with Haiti and the Haitian community.

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Today's Supreme Court decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 350,000 Haitians adds to the long history of injustices against the nation. This is how structural violence works. Social, economic, and political forces are keeping Haiti impoverished and in crisis.

Today's Supreme Court decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 350,000 Haitians adds to the long history of injustices against the nation. This is how structural violence works. Social, economic, and political forces are keeping Haiti impoverished and in crisis.

"The idea that some lives matter less than others is the root of all that’s wrong with the world" - Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health Canada @mbrender.bsky.social @pihcanada.org open.substack.com/pub/ryanmeil...

Is Give and Take Really How We Want to Approach Ebola?

Re-examining mutual benefit in the context of humanitarian crises

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The World Cup is putting 48 teams side by side across 104 matches. That makes it a useful moment to look beyond the pitch: what happens when we compare countries not by goals, but by whether mothers survive childbirth?

Thirteen minutes after Sierra Leone’s first NICU opened, its first patient arrived. Grace wasn’t crying. She could barely breathe. But for the first time, the team had the space and tools to respond. 🧵

What could you bring to our feed that we haven’t thought of yet? 👀 We’re hiring a creative part-time Social Media Coordinator! Know someone perfect? Send this their way. Apply by June 24: https://pihcanada.org/sites/default/files/2026-06/PIH%20Canada%20Social%20Media%20Coordinator%20-%202026.pdf

Behind a safe birth: trained health workers, blood banks, reliable transport, stocked pharmacies, and much more. Until June 30, every gift is matched up to $20,000. Double your impact: https://pihcanada.org/campaigns/safe-birth?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=end_of_fiscal_year

Should global health aid have to benefit Canada too? In some areas, mutual benefit makes sense. But health priorities should be set by the countries and communities receiving support. @mbrender.bsky.social makes the case: pihcanada.org/news/mutual-...

“Irv’s ongoing generosity and Dianne’s legacy will positively affect thousands of lives over the next five years,” said Mark Brender, National Director of Partners In Health Canada. Read more: edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Edmonton charity sets record with $10-million gift for global health

The foundation’s $5-million gift more than doubles their overall donation to the global health organization.

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We’re hiring a part-time Social Media Coordinator! If you love captions, carousels, reels, trend scans, and using digital comms for global health equity, this might be for you. Apply: https://pihcanada.org/sites/default/files/2026-06/PIH%20Canada%20Social%20Media%20Coordinator%20-%202026.pdf

Enough. It Is Time to Get Deadly Serious. The world is failing to identify, prevent and stop outbreaks and tackle pandemic threats 100+ experts have signed this open letter, led by The Independent Panel, with these calls live-the-independent-panel.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/u...

Health is a right Not a Privilege Business Investment Cost Commodity

This September, student leaders from across Canada will gather in Toronto to learn, organize, and build community around the fight for global health equity. If you are active in our network, apply now: https://pihcanada.org/spihc-training-institute-2026

We talk a lot about what health systems need: doctors, nurses, medicines, hospital beds, equipment. But sometimes the thing standing between a patient and care is much more basic. Sometimes it is fuel. 🧵

PIH Canada is hiring a Community Organizing Specialist to help grow SPIHC: our student movement for global health equity. Youth engagement, facilitation, organizing. Apply by June 12: https://pihcanada.org/sites/default/files/2026-06/PIH%20Canada%20Community%20Organizing%20Specialist.pdf

A lot of people in our sector agree with “shifting power” and "decolonizing global health" in principle. But do they walk the walk? 🧵

Outbreaks do not happen in a vacuum. The Ebola outbreak in DRC is unfolding after the largest drop in global aid ever recorded, with real consequences for health workers, patients, and the systems meant to contain disease before it spreads. What happens next is a policy choice. Listen below:

An Ebola outbreak in DRC is live right now, & it's functioning as an unplanned stress test for something the global health world has debated for years: what does an Africa-led emergency response look like? We're about to find out. 🧵 pihcanada.org/news/dr-cass...

Dr. Casséus: “The First Outbreak of the Post-USAID Era”

For decades, systems have been in place for Ebola Disease outbreak response. Dr. Alain Casséus, an infectious disease expert and PIH leader, explains how the dismantling of USAID will impact the 2026 ...

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This is one of those numbers that should stop us cold. Why? 🧵

This is the first major Ebola outbreak of the “post-USAID era.” The Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing an outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola — a strain with no approved vaccine, limited research, and no approved targeted treatment. 🧵

I can see it in your eyes... you want to join a reading club. 😉📖 Join us to discuss Structural Violence and Maternal Health. No expert background required. 🤝 🔗 RSVP here: pihcanada.org/doing-hard-things-friends-reading-club