"The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right."
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Paul Farmer, a renowned physician and anthropologist, dedicated his life to improving healthcare for impoverished communities worldwide. Born on October 29, 1959, in North Adams, Massachusetts, Farmer co-founded Partners In Health in 1987, an organization that transformed healthcare delivery in places like Haiti and Rwanda. His commitment to social justice and health equity led him to advocate for the marginalized, emphasizing that health is a human right. Farmer's legacy endures through his innovative approaches and tireless efforts to combat global health disparities.
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"But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to be central to public health. This could be very simple: the well should take care of the sick."
Paul Farmer"You can't have public health without a public health system. We just don't want to be part of a mindless competition for resources. We want to build back capacity in the system."
Paul Farmer"It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care."
Paul Farmer
"Haiti is always talking about decentralization and nothing has been so obvious, perhaps a weakness, as the centralized nature of Haitian society as being revealed by the earthquake. I mean, they lost all these medical training programs because they didn't have them anywhere else."
Paul Farmer
"Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water."
Paul Farmer