Paul Farmer Audio & Video

Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health; actor and activist Matt Damon, who recently visited Haiti to assist victims devastated by hurricanes…

A panel discuss strategies to help eliminate the spread of disease and hunger in the developing world.

Dr. Paul Farmer, a world-renowned infectious disease specialist who has been called a public health Robin Hood, discusses global health equity and the future of public health.

On January 12, 2010, a major earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of people died, and the greater part of the capital was demolished....

Harvard medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer tells his captivating story of treating the poorest populations in Haiti and elsewhere for infectious diseases and trying to raise healthcare standards around the world through his charitable organization, Partners in Health.

“One thing is clear: There is always a role for the promotion of basic rights, like the right to health care. (The trick is) how to do this in the field, and not just win an argument in seminar.”