A life-saving product. A partnership blending unique expertise. A brand-new nutrition production facility. A growing community of small farms. A new social enterprise takes root, saving lives and expanding opportunity. Partners In Health, Abbott and the Abbott Fund are helping to fight malnutrition and drive economic development – empowering Haitians to build a stronger, sustainable future.Tumblr (3.0; @partnershipinhaiti)https://partnershipinhaiti.org/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ee6CY2HmMQY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><h1><strong>Partners In Health, Abbott and the Abbott Fund Open New Nutrition Facility</strong></h1> <p class="p1">Nov. 6, 2013 – <a href="http://www.pih.org/"><span class="s1">Partners In Health</span></a> (PIH) and it’s sister organization, Zamni Lasanti, <a href="http://www.abbott.com/"><span class="s1">Abbott</span></a> and its foundation, the <a href="http://www.abbottfund.org/"><span class="s1">Abbott Fund</span></a>, today announced the opening of the new Nourimanba Production Facility in central Haiti. The centerpiece of a <a href="/program_overview"><span class="s1">broader partnership</span></a> to help drive economic development in the region, the facility will produce Nourimanba, a life-saving treatment for severe malnutrition in children.  </p> <p class="p2"><strong>Resources for Media</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.abbottfund.org/files/haiti/Haiti_Facility_110413.pdf">News release announcing facility opening (PDF)</a><br/><a href="http://www.abbottfund.org/pdf/Haiti_Article_PDF_Format.pdf">Fact sheet on partnership (PDF)</a><br/><a href="/photo_gallery">Photo gallery</a></p> <p><strong>Contacts</strong></p> <p>Colin McBean<br/>Abbott<strong> <br/></strong>+1-847-938-3083<br/><span class="s2"><a href="mailto:colin.mcbean@abbott.com">colin.mcbean@abbott.com</a></span></p> <p class="p2">Jeff Marvin            <br/>Partners In Health<strong><br/></strong>+1-617-998-8944<br/><span class="s2"><a href="mailto:jmarvin@pih.org">jmarvin@pih.org</a></span></p>https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/66181148039https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/66181148039Wed, 06 Nov 2013 07:48:00 -0500xl<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GW6jXKTqvjU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><h1><strong>Made in Haiti: Partners In Health, Abbott and the Abbott Fund Open New Nutrition Facility</strong></h1> <p class="p1">A new nutrition production facility opens in Haiti. Local team members talk about Nourimanba production in the facility and the social benefits of their work.</p></p>https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/66181115068https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/66181115068Wed, 06 Nov 2013 07:47:18 -0500<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jzBo7kIdozU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><h1><strong>Economic Development and Farming in Haiti</strong></h1> <p>Team members in Haiti talk about the local impact of the new <a href="/post/43753188844/interview-jon-lascher-partners-in-health">Nourimanba</a> facility, and their work to help improve peanut crops and increase incomes for farmers.</p> <p></p>https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/62843455100https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/62843455100Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:08:00 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/e65v1tRmc90?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><img alt="" src="http://media.tumblr.com/aed0154c884c7317c687274474e910eb/tumblr_inline_mjz1mbRuFe1qz4rgp.jpg" width="100%"/><img alt="" src="http://media.tumblr.com/da6e791bccfe84b14a54229889911d1b/tumblr_inline_mjyrfzglZX1qz4rgp.jpg" width="100%"/></p> <h1><strong>Bill Clinton Visits Haiti and Tours Nourimanba Facility</strong></h1> <p>President <a href="http://www.clintonfoundation.org/about/biography">Bill Clinton</a>, founder of the <a href="http://www.clintonfoundation.org/">Clinton Foundation</a>, visited the <a href="http://www.pih.org/">Partners In Health</a> Nourimanba facility on March 10^th with a delegation that included leading companies, NGOs and well-known chefs, Mario Batali and José Andrés. The visit was part of a tour focused on improving agricultural and economic development in Haiti. After receiving a tour of the new facility, President Clinton praised the impact the plant would have on <a href="/post/43753188844/jon-lascher-partners-health-interview">fighting childhood malnutrition in Haiti</a>.</p>https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/45778318706https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/45778318706Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:48:00 -0400<iframe src="http://new.livestream.com/accounts/376536/events/2410049/videos/30818693/player?autoPlay=false&height=360&mute=false&width=640" width="100%" height="360" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br/><br/><p><h1><strong>Video: President Clinton highlights new Nourimanba facility at CGI 2013</strong></h1> <p class="p2">At the recent <a href="http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/"><span class="s1">Clinton Global Initiative</span> </a>(CGI) <a href="http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ourmeetings/2013/"><span class="s1">2013 Annual Meeting</span></a> in New York, President <a href="http://www.clintonfoundation.org/about/biography"><span class="s1">Bill Clinton</span></a> talked once again about the <span class="s1">partnership</span> between <a href="http://www.pih.org/"><span class="s1">Partners In Health</span></a>, <a href="http://www.abbott.com/index.htm"><span class="s1">Abbott</span></a> and the <a href="http://www.abbottfund.org/"><span class="s1">Abbott Fund</span></a> in Haiti. President Clinton highlighted the important connection between the <a href="/post/43753188844/interview-jon-lascher-partners-in-health"><span class="s1">Nourimanba</span></a> facility and efforts to address malnutrition and improve child health tied to the <a href="http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/"><span class="s1">Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)</span></a>. President Clinton <a href="/post/45778318706/visit-by-president-clinton"><span class="s1">visited the facility earlier this year</span></a> as part of a <a href="http://www.clintonfoundation.org/"><span class="s1">Clinton Foundation</span></a> tour to promote development in Haiti.</p> <p class="p2"><span>The video covers the entire CGI session, “Expanding Cross-Sector Coordination in Haiti,” including comments from Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamonthe, actor Sean Penn from </span><a href="http://www.jphro.org/index.html"><span>J/P HRO</span></a><span>, Dennis O’Brien from </span><a href="http://www.digicelgroup.com/"><span>Digicel</span></a><span>, Liz Blake from </span><a href="http://www.habitat.org/"><span>Habitat for Humanity</span></a><span> and Blake Mycoskie from </span><a href="http://www.toms.com/"><span>TOMS</span></a><span>. To view President’s Clinton’s comments regarding the PIH-Abbott partnership, go to 1:39:40 of the video.</span></p></p>https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/63104053437https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/63104053437Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LygNJ4hXpFs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><h1><strong>Jon Lascher - Partners In Health Interview</strong></h1> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Jon Lascher, Haiti program manager, <a href="http://www.pih.org/">Partners In Health</a>, explains how this project is producing two local nutrition products and empowering local communities.</span></p></p>https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/43753188844https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/43753188844Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:03:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RD8S2DU9QuU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><h1><strong>Katherine Pickus - Abbott Interview</strong></h1> <p class="p1">Katherine Pickus, head of Global Citizenship at <a href="http://www.abbott.com/index.htm">Abbott</a>, shares how the partners combined their complementary expertise to drive on-the-ground results.</p></p>https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/43752985509https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/43752985509Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:02:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2bc0d429dd31e5f06deaf55726e114d6/tumblr_mhg9tkL4XY1s0ke0vo1_r2_500.png"/><br/><br/><h1><strong>Program Overview Fact Sheet: Sustainable Progress in Haiti</strong></h1> <p>Learn more about how the partnership is accomplishing its dual goals of treating malnutrition and providing economic opportunity in Haiti. <a href="/program_overview" title="Program Overview">read more</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.abbottfund.org/pdf/Haiti_Article_PDF_Format.pdf">PDF Download</a></p>https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/41875318293https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/41875318293Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:01:00 -0500<img src="http://31.media.tumblr.com/4de84cd5d9e0c991e3de0e82f2053c2b/tumblr_mhg9eojT8a1s0ke0vo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><h1>Related Stories</h1> <p class="p1"><a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679676/the-business-of-recovery-haiti-needs-investment-more-than-aid" title="The Business of Recovery: Haiti Needs Investment More Than Aid" target="_blank"><span class="s1">The Business of Recovery: Haiti Needs Investment More Than Aid</span></a><br/><span class="s2">Fast Company Co.Exist</span></p> <p class="p1"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7395154n" title="Peanut Crop Growing Hope in Haiti" target="_blank"><span class="s1">Peanut Crop Growing Hope in Haiti</span></a><br/><span class="s2">CBS Evening News</span></p> <p class="p1"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/giving/making-nutrition-a-sustainable-business-in-haiti.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" title="Making Nutrition a Sustainable Business in Haiti" target="_blank"><span class="s1">Making Nutrition a Sustainable Business in Haiti</span></a><br/><span class="s2">The New York Times</span></p></p>https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/41874822727https://partnershipinhaiti.org/post/41874822727Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:00:00 -0500