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Gulf Times
February 9, 2018
Partners in Health, the NGO led by Kim and his colleague, Harvard University's Paul Farmer, had used antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) to treat around 1,000 ... Healthcare for the poor requires systematic training and deployment of community health workers, diagnostics, medicines, and information systems.
The Guardian
January 25, 2018
They are Jo Pike, a lecturer who will take on the Tories' Philip Davies in Shipley, and Debbie Bannigan, a Unite activist and former charity boss, selected ... New victories for the leftwing group include Paul Farmer, a former bus driver who wonthe selection race in Camborne, Redruth and Hayle, Labour's topÃÂ ...
The Guardian
January 15, 2018
Paul Farmer, the chief executive of the charity Mind, said: “Mental health has been under-resourced for too long, with dire consequences for people with mental health problems. “If people don't get the help they need, when they need it, they are likely to become more unwell and need more intensive – andÃÂ ...
Politico
January 15, 2018
Many of the papers repeated idle speculation that the disease had something to do with “voodoo practices” or, as Paul Farmer recounted in his 1992 book, AIDS and ... Haitian activists staged a protest at the station's headquarters on West 57th Street—five blocks from the newly built Trump Tower.
Hernando Sun
December 31, 2017
Dr. Paul Farmer in Bayalpata Hospital, Nepal- by Nyaya Health via Flickr. Bending the Arc is a documentary released in 2017 produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon about “How Three Young Activists Saved Millions of Lives. One of those three was Dr. Farmer.” Dr. Farmer graduated from Hernando HighÃÂ ...
Pacific Standard
December 28, 2017
Butler addressed the crowd of maybe a few dozen local activists and spoke passionately about the need to focus on local politics and to vote in off-year elections, ... I took a class with Paul Farmer, focused on history and how society works, and with Robert Putnam, who is all about social capital, and howÃÂ ...
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
November 11, 2017
Farmer is the subject of the bestselling book, “Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder. Farmer's Partners In Health is an organization that has pioneered new considerations of human rights, healthÃÂ ...
Hernando Sun
October 23, 2017
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon recently produced a documentary film about "How Three Young Activists Saved Millions of Lives," called “Bending the Arc.” One of those three activists is Paul Farmer. Dr. Farmer co-founded a community-based clinic in a small village in Haiti called Cange. This lead to theÃÂ ...
The Boston Globe
October 12, 2017
Kief Davidson and Pedro Kos's cogent and often exhilarating documentary “Bending the Arc” (with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as producers) takes its title from Parker's words and tells the story of some people determined to hasten that arc. Physician Paul Farmer and activist Ophelia Dahl (who, along withÃÂ ...
CNN
June 9, 2017
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) In the immediate aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti that left 220,000 people dead and 1.5 million displaced, the world responded, pledging more than $13 billion in aid to the devastated country. It was an extraordinary number, and one that still gets Dr. Paul Farmer a littleÃÂ ...
CNN
June 9, 2017
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) In the immediate aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti that left 220,000 people dead and 1.5 million displaced, the world responded, pledging more than $13 billion in aid to the devastated country. It was an extraordinary number, and one that still gets Dr. Paul Farmer a littleÃÂ ...
London Review of Books
January 28, 2015
In the thirty years since I began my medical training in Boston, Massachusetts, I've cared for critically ill patients in Harvard's teaching hospitals, as well as in Haiti, Peru, Rwanda and elsewhere in Africa. Study of healthcare financing was almost wholly absent from the curriculum at Harvard Medical School.
Care Home Professional
December 31, 1999
Avery Healthcare topped the list of private care providers followed by Sunrise Senior Living and Greensleeves. An Avery spokesperson said: “We're ... Managing director Paul Farmer said: “Ideal Carehomes takes the quality of the care we provide extremely seriously. Across our 16 care homes, we haveÃÂ ...
CityLab
December 31, 1999
Butler addressed the crowd of maybe a few dozen local activists and spoke passionately about the need to focus on local politics and to vote in off-year elections, then called Erin and Alyse Maye Quade to the ... Arcade Fire has always been an activist band, donating $1 of every ticket to Partners in Health.
KT Press
November 18, 2017
One Rwandan and eight foreigners on Saturday November 18, 2017 received medals of Honour for their outstanding friendship pact 'Igihango' with Rwanda. The team comprised of accomplished businessmen, philanthropists, and investigative journalists, human rights activities among others includingÃÂ ...
Hernando Sun
October 23, 2017
Dr. Paul Farmer is a world famous physician and humanitarian, who was ... for what would become a revolutionary way to bring healthcare to impoverished ... of Lives," called “Bending the Arc.” One of those three activists is Paul Farmer.
San Francisco Examiner
October 19, 2017
... Kim (current president of the World Bank), Paul Farmer and Ophelia ... Human Flow: Artist and activist Ai Weiwei directed the documentary on ...
News@Northeastern
October 18, 2017
Joseph Kennedy III, and Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer ... Samantha Marquez, innovator and activist from Yale University; and M.
The Boston Globe
October 12, 2017
Kief Davidson and Pedro Kos's cogent and often exhilarating documentary “Bending the Arc” (with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as producers) takes its title from Parker's words and tells the story of some people determined to hasten that arc. Physician Paul Farmer and activist Ophelia Dahl (who, along withÃÂ ...
Universe.byu.edu
October 5, 2017
Everyone in the U.S. is worried about health insurance. You should not consider being without coverage, even if it is an option. The cost of ...
PEOPLE.com
September 19, 2017
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are shining a light on the remarkable true story of three young activists who saved millions of lives by rethinking the way healthcare is administered in the developing world. The film, called Bending the Arc, tells the story of Dr. Paul Farmer, Dr, Jim Yong Kim (now the President ofÃÂ ...
Variety
August 16, 2017
Healthcare Doc 'Bending the Arc,' Exec Produced by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Gets U.S. Release (EXCLUSIVE) ... The film centers on three Harvard med students — Jim Kim, current president of the World Bank; Paul Farmer; and Ophelia Dahl — who became pioneers of global health by inventing anÃÂ ...
New York Times
July 18, 2017
More than 97 percent of Rwandan infants are vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae Type B, polio, measles, rubella, pneumococcus and rotavirus, noted a 2014 study led by Dr. Paul Farmer, of Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, thenÃÂ ...
CNN
June 9, 2017
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) In the immediate aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti that left 220,000 people dead and 1.5 million displaced, the world responded, pledging more than $13 billion in aid to the devastated country. It was an extraordinary number, and one that still gets Dr. Paul Farmer a littleÃÂ ...
LabourList
December 31, 1999
A Unite activist and former bus driver has won a hotly-contested selection for Labour's top target seat in the south west. Paul Farmer, who had backing from a string of trade unions, saw off the challenge of two other former parliamentary candidates in the contest for Camborne and Redruth. Farmer saidÃÂ ...
Burlington County Times
December 31, 1999
“Bending the Arc,” with Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl and Jim Yong Kim in an unrated documentary about some young activists, who three ...
Universe.byu.edu
September 20, 2017
Everyone in the U.S. is worried about health insurance. You should not consider being without coverage, even if it is an option. The cost ofÃÂ ...
CNET
September 19, 2017
"Teaching hospitals cannot approximate the experience of being in the field," says Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, who hasÃÂ ...
PEOPLE.com
September 19, 2017
... New Passion Project: How Three Young Activists Saved Millions of Lives ... The film, called Bending the Arc, tells the story of Dr. Paul Farmer, Dr, Jim ... dream of bringing first-class healthcare to people in the third world.
CNET
September 18, 2017
"Teaching hospitals cannot approximate the experience of being in the field," says Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health, who hasÃÂ ...
The Boston Globe
August 30, 2017
... and Pedro Kos's film about Partners In Health founders Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Ophelia Dahl, public health activists who've workedÃÂ ...
Variety
August 16, 2017
The film centers on three Harvard med students — Jim Kim, current president of the World Bank; Paul Farmer; and Ophelia Dahl — whoÃÂ ...
New York Times
July 18, 2017
... rotavirus, noted a 2014 study led by Dr. Paul Farmer, of Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, then Rwanda's health minister.
The Boston Globe
April 27, 2017
Partners in Health cofounder Dr. Paul Farmer was at Simmons College this week to discuss his work to address global health care crises.
Variety
April 24, 2017
As debates rage about whether healthcare is a right for all or a ... With: Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, Ophelia Dahl, Agnes Binagwaho, JoiaÃÂ ...
New York Times (blog)
March 24, 2017
Jamson Louis, 10, is showing improvement in his TB case in Mirebalais, Haiti. TB regularly mutates, resisting antibiotics developed to cure it.
Hollywood Reporter
January 30, 2017
It was roughly 30 years ago that medical student Paul Farmer ventured to Haiti to undertake a one-man mission to bring healthcare to a nation ravaged by tuberculosis. ... Farmer met up with a fellow idealist, Ophelia Dahl, a social activist, ... In short, the young doctors and activists are not only the ethicalÃÂ ...
The Atlantic
November 30, 2016
The humanitarian-physician Paul Farmer notes in his book Pathologies of Power that there's a saying in Cuba: “We live like poor people, butÃÂ ...
NPR
October 21, 2016
Paul Farmer has spent a lot of time in Haiti over the past three decades. Still, what he saw on his visit this past week left him "surprised andÃÂ ...
ForgeToday
December 31, 1999
Paul Farmer, the Chief Executive of the charity Mind wrote: “People who ... society approaches mental health we don't need celebrity activists,ÃÂ ...
Rhode Island Public Radio
March 14, 2017
LANDMARK: Rhode Island's Attorney General Peter Kilmartin is planning to oppose Prime Healthcare's plan to donate Landmark Medical Center and the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island to its foundation.
GlobalAtlanta
March 2, 2017
She also pointed to two that she considers extraordinarily valuable: Hollywood actor Sean Penn's J/P HRO (Haitian Relief Organization) and Paul Farmer's Partner's in Health. Even two years after the hurricane of 2010 ... The "Bobi" to whom she referred ...
GlobalAtlanta
March 2, 2017
She also pointed to two that she considers extraordinarily valuable: Hollywood actor Sean Penn's J/P HRO (Haitian Relief Organization) and Paul Farmer's Partner's in Health. Even two years after the hurricane of 2010 ... The "Bobi" to whom she referred ...
BBC News
February 3, 2017
Paul Farmer, chief executive of the mental health charity Mind, said it was important vulnerable people had the right support, including from NHS mental health services,.
Nursing Times
January 30, 2017
According to the in-depth review into over 500 cases, a failure to integrate physical and mental healthcare by hospitals means patients with mental health issues often get poor care.
Hollywood Reporter
January 30, 2017
Bending the Arc unwinds as a stunning documentary about a team of young people - Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, Ophelia Dahl - whose charitable medical work 30 years ago in remote Haiti came to ignite a healthcare movement. ... During his foray into the ...
Nursing Times
January 25, 2017
The Memorandum of Understanding, which is aimed at both healthcare staff and police officers, sets out clearly for the first time when and why police should be called out to mental health and learning disability settings, and their role in dealing with ...
Government Technology
January 25, 2017
The super-smart boys and (presumably) girls of the program were the ones who fixed the healthcare portal after its botched launch.
Mirror.co.uk
January 25, 2017
Patients with mental health problems are being denied good care in NHS hospitals, a damning report warns. Less than half of those who visit hospital with a physical condition but who also have a mental health problem receive good quality care ...
The Hill (blog)
January 23, 2017
One of its proponents was John Paul Farmer, who, five years earlier, had cofounded the Presidential Innovation Fellows program with former Chief Technology Officer Todd Park.
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