The Color of COVID: Reflections on Pandemics Past and Present
Paul Farmer – Saturday, April 24, 2021 (in-person or via Zoom (TBD)
The Color of COVID: Reflections on Pandemics Past and Present
Paul Farmer has devoted his life to improving health care for the world’s poorest peoples.
A medical anthropologist and physician, Dr. Farmer co-founded Partners in Health, a non-profit pioneer in improving global health care services, research and advocacy. Dr. Farmer’s innovative approach to community-based healthcare was detailed in Tracy Kidder’s best-selling book Mountains beyond Mountains and is also demonstrated in PIH’s support for COVID-19 contact tracing. Dr. Farmer is a professor of medicine and Chief of Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Division of Global Health Equity.
Dr. Farmer will share stories of the transformative effects of healthcare for people in global hot spots. And he will inspire us with his continued commitment to solving the most intractable of medical problems.
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