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In memory of

Dr. Paul Farmer

Biography

“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all

that is wrong with the world.”

Paul Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., was Kolokotrones University Professor and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and Co-founder and chief strategist of Partners In Health.

Dr. Farmer and his colleagues pioneered novel, community-based treatment strategies that demonstrate the delivery of high-quality health care in resource-poor settings. He wrote extensively on health, human rights, and the consequences of social inequality. Dr. Farmer was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, from which he was the recipient of the 2018 Public Welfare Medal.

He authored multiple books, including: In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, Reimagining Global Health: An Introduction, and To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation. His most recent book was released in November 2020: Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History .

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''That is right and good" A very small phrase that Polo (Dr. Paul) likes to repeat whenever something pleases him. pou li rankontre ak pasyan saa epi louvri 2 bra l pou l akeyi l ak yon kontantman c yon gwo satisfaksyon pou Polo epi li repeats fraz saa... This is fair and good. Nou pap janm suspann pale de ou..._cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_

Ernst

Wawwww new saa rann Mwen tris, se vré mpat gen chans rekonet, men non li site nan all world the nan zafè health, rest in peace, legend

clark

Grandpa polo father figure and emblematic for me.

Besson

Dr Paul, nou pap janm bliyew paske on potorik gason tankouw paka mouri ko a pa la men nanm nan la ap viv nan staff ZL. Nap kontinye travay pou kenbe flanbo a la pou n kontinye misyon ou ki se ede moun ki pi meprize yo. Ann kontinye viv ansanm, travay ansanm nan lanmou ak respe youn pou lot san distenksyon. Nou se ZL nou pap tonbe nou kanpe dyanm paske Dr Polo ap ba nou fos ak detemisyon nan misyon an. Dr Paul, nou renmenw, nap always renmenw e zev or yo pa anven. Where we model ourselves for nou everything, everything saw fe rete kom souvni nan lavi nou chak nou.

Guerlin

Bon travese polo ke bondye lavi a resevwa ou ak de bra,èv ou yo ap tj kontinye ak staff ZL,WAP tj rete nan memwa nou tout piti kanj

Stanley

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