Paul Farmer obituary
Medical anthropologist and humanitarian dedicated to providing healthcare to some of the world’s poorest communities
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Medical anthropologist and humanitarian dedicated to providing healthcare to some of the world’s poorest communities
What made Paul special was not simply his brilliance, the breadth of his knowledge, or his hard work, but his ideals
What a 1965 novel by Graham Greene taught a young Dr. Paul Farmer during his first years working in Haiti.
As the founder of Partners in Health, he understood that helping those in need meant living in their world and listening and learning from them. He set a standard that all in philanthropy should follow.
Uncompromising in his dedication, he worked 100-hour weeks and had his salary paid directly into his foundation