Paul Farmer

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global health advocate human medical anthropologist physician

Paul Farmer was an American physician and anthropologist renowned for co-founding Partners In Health and pioneering community-based global health care for the poor.

Aliases (2)

Paul Edward Farmer ×1
Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Community-based Medicine and Lessons from Haiti ×1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	global health advocate → human → medical anthropologist → physician →
awardReceived	Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize (Partners In Health) → Hilton Humanitarian Prize (as part of Partners In Health) → MacArthur Fellowship → Public Welfare Medal of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences → Sierra Leone’s Order of the Rokel (via PIH work recognition) →
burialPlace	Haiti →
causeOfDeath	acute cardiac event →
coFounded	Partners In Health → Zanmi Lasante →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1959-10-26 →
dateOfDeath	2022-02-21 →
degree	MD from Harvard Medical School → PhD in anthropology from Harvard University →
educatedAt	Duke University → Harvard University →
employer	Brigham and Women’s Hospital → Harvard Medical School →
familyName	Farmer →
fieldOfWork	global health → infectious diseases → medical anthropology → public health →
fullName	Paul Edward Farmer →
givenName	Paul →
influenced	global health equity movement →
influencedBy	liberation theology →
knownFor	advocacy for health care as a human right → co-founding Partners In Health → pioneering community-based health care for the poor → work in Haiti on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis →
mottoOrBelief	“the idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world” →
notableWork	Haiti After the Earthquake → Infections and Inequalities → Mountains Beyond Mountains → Pathologies of Power →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	anthropologist → physician → university professor →
placeOfBirth	North Adams, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	Butaro, Rwanda →
positionHeld	Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School → Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital → Kolokotrones University Professor at Harvard University → Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Community-based Medicine and Lessons from Haiti →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Didi Bertrand Farmer →
workLocation	Haiti → Peru → Rwanda → United States of America →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Haiti After the Earthquake → Infections and Inequalities → Pathologies of Power →	author
Partners In Health → Zanmi Lasante →	foundedBy
Partners In Health → Zanmi Lasante →	hasKeyPerson
Mountains Beyond Mountains → Mountains Beyond Mountains →	mainSubject
Didi Bertrand Farmer →	collaboratedWith
Paul Farmer ("Paul Edward Farmer") →	fullName
Farmer →	hasNotableBearer
Sydney Peace Prize →	hasRecipient
Kolokotrones University Professor at Harvard University →	heldBy
Kolokotrones University Professor at Harvard University →	notableHolder
Heinz Award →	notableRecipient
Paul Farmer ("Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Community-based Medicine and Lessons from Haiti") →	positionHeld
Didi Bertrand Farmer →	spouse