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Global health equity with Dr. Paul Farmer

Global health equity with Dr. Paul Farmer

FromUncommons with Nate Erskine-Smith


Global health equity with Dr. Paul Farmer

FromUncommons with Nate Erskine-Smith

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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Mar 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dr. Paul Farmer joins Nate to talk about global health equity, both with reference to past health crises, and today's. In his recent book, Fevers Feuds & Diamonds, Dr. Farmer writes about his first-hand experience responding to the Ebola crisis in West Africa, and what we can learn from it.  Dr. Farmer is professor and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, chief of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and co-founder and chief strategist of Partners in Health and a board member of Partners In Health Canada.Partners in Health is dedicated to bringing a high standard of public health care to the most vulnerable communities around the world, and PIH Canada is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The story of Dr. Farmer and colleagues Jim Yong Kim and Ophelia Dahl in founding PIH is the subject of the documentary Bending the Arc.
Released:
Mar 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Uncommons is an interview series with experts, advocates, and elected representatives on issues of the day, hosted by Liberal Member of Parliament Nate Erskine-Smith.