A physician, scientist and academic, he brought together experts across disciplines to focus on the economic, political and social causes of poor health, not just the biological factors. By Trip ...

Dr. Paul Farmer, a physician who championed global health and sought to bring modern medical science to those most in need around the world, died unexpectedly in his sleep in Rwanda on Monday, ...

Each decade, over 100 million people die of preventable deaths. Paul Farmer, world-renowned physician and co-founder of Partners In Health (PIH), strove to create global access to basic health care in ...

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A $50 million gift from Woburn, Mass.-based Cummings Foundation will build upon and amplify the work of the late Paul Farmer, a champion of global health. The gift establishes the Paul Farmer ...

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This week the World Health Organization will meet to determine whether the ongoing monkeypox outbreak constitutes what’s called a “public health emergency of international concern” (PHEIC). Meanwhile, ...

We have lost a shining light. That is one of scores of tributes pouring in today from global health experts around the world mourning the sudden death of Dr. Paul Farmer. He died at age 62 of an ...