Partners In Health
Long-term, community-based health care for the world's poorest, from Haiti to Rwanda
Our editorial assessment
Partners In Health takes a distinctive approach to global health: rather than one-off interventions, it builds durable public health systems alongside local governments, from community health workers to hospitals. Co-founded by the late Dr. Paul Farmer, PIH has become a model for delivering sophisticated care — including for cancer and drug-resistant disease — in the poorest settings. Charity Navigator gives it a four-star rating with a perfect accountability score, and roughly 90% of its spending reaches programmes. It is a strong choice for donors who value health-systems strengthening over narrower, single-metric interventions.
The problem they're solving
Most global health funding targets specific diseases; far less builds the everyday health infrastructure poor communities need. Partners In Health invests in that infrastructure — staff, supply chains, and facilities — creating care that lasts beyond any single grant.
About Partners In Health
Partners In Health builds long-term health systems in impoverished communities, training local staff and partnering with governments to deliver high-quality care where it is scarce.
Where your dollar goes
How this score was produced
The GiveWise score is our own editorial assessment, produced with a weighted rubric covering program spending, transparency and governance, evidence of impact, cost-effectiveness, and leadership. It draws on publicly available reports from independent evaluators such as GiveWell, Charity Navigator, and CharityWatch, but it is not a rating issued or endorsed by any of those organisations. Read the full methodology →