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Why Everyone Should Celebrate Jim Yong Kim's Election as President of the World Bank

Leslie Gerwin | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Investment in Public Health Infrastructure, Fighting Poverty, Jim Yong Kim, Partners in Health, Paul Farmer, Women's Health, Economic Development, World Bank, Public Health, Institute of Medicine, World News
Leslie Gerwin

This is a moment for Americans to recognize what Dr. Kim's work teaches us -- economic health depends upon healthy people and healthy communities.

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Breaking Glass Ceiling Against Compassionate Expertise, Obama Taps Jim Yong Kim to Lead World Bank

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Jeffrey Sachs, Jim Yong Kim, Partners in Health, Paul Farmer, World Bank, President Obama, World News
Robert Naiman

President Obama has nominated Jim Yong Kim, a physician who has been a leader of efforts to extend access to health care in poor countries, to lead the World Bank. This is a huge, historic victory for justice.

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Aid Group Believes It's Tracked First Haiti Cholera Case

AP | By TRENTON DANIEL | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Louise Ivers, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Video, Haiti Earthquake, David Walton, Partners in Health, Paul Farmer, Disease, Haiti, Cholera, Port-Au-Prince, Impact News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A mentally ill man who bathed in and drank from a contaminated river most likely was the first person to be infected in the C...

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Paul Farmer Speaks At Wesleyan

newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu | Posted 07.23.2011

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"Keep the habits of critical analysis you've learned at Wesleyan. This may sound like an austere and overly-sober message," said Dr. Paul E. Farmer. "...

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What If the Rich Were off the Grid?

Carl Pope | Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission, Global Philanthropy Forum, Suzlon, Electric Grid, Low Carbon Electricity, Electric Power Grid, Paul Farmer, Green News
Carl Pope

It's intriguing to look at the debate about clean, low-carbon electricity through the lens of health.

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The F Word: Haiti's Hurricane Struggles

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rebuild, Partners in Health, Laura Flanders, Hurricane Tomas, Grittv, Cholera, Earthquake, Storm, Grit Tv, Haiti, Paul Farmer, Leogane, Politics News
Laura Flanders

Turning away from the U.S. elections for a moment, we can find plenty of places suffering not from a hurricane of campaign cash, but from actual hurri...

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CGI 2010: Cancer -- the Developing World's 'Time Bomb'

Jane Wales | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cancer, Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Developing World, Clinton Global Initiative, Partners in Health, Princess Dina Mired, Paul Farmer, Felicia Knaul, Cgi, Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine, Health, Vaccinenewsdaily, Impact News
Jane Wales

Of all the pressing issues confronting the developing world, cancer gets comparatively short shrift. And yet, a majority of new cancer diagnoses come from developing countries.

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An Inside Look at the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Women's Rights, Shakira, Violence Against Women, Muhammad Yunus, Richard Branson, Human Trafficking, Philanthropy, Muhtar Kent, Clinton Global Initiative, Melinda Gates, Cgi, Economic Empowerment, Technology, Cherie Blair, Paul Farmer, Energy, Bill Clinton, Women, Michelle Obama, Jean-Max Belleive, Poverty, Laura Bsuh, Valerie Jarret, Education, Human Rights, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Ratan Tata, Empowering Girls and Women, Environment, Eric Schmidt, Global Health, Jeff Gordon, Social Innovation, President Clinton, World News
Rahim Kanani

"Companies increasingly understand that social responsibility is part and parcel of what makes a market leader in the 21st century, and that makes our Annual Meeting a "must attend" forum for top CEOs."

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Henry Louis Gates, Paul Farmer, And Other Harvard Profs Suggest Summer Reading Picks For Undergrads

The Harvard Crimson | Posted 05.25.2011

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While most high school students are assigned a list of books to read over the summer, undergraduates aren't required to do much at all during the summ...

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Jennifer Beals: What a Feeling!

Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ghana, Chicago, Paul Farmer, The L Word, Michelle Bachelet, Jennifer Beals, Flashdance, Ride Along, Women Deliver, Sierra Leone, Haiti, Jennifer Beals Flashdance, Jennifer Beals Charity, Jennifer Beals Activism, Entertainment News
Tamar Abrams

Jennifer Beals is the iconic symbol of the 1980s -- big hair, leg warmers and a feline body, star of Flashdance. But the Jennifer Beals of 2010 has morphed into an activist.

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Promises, Promises -- What It Will Take to Rebuild Haiti

Dr. Joia Mukherjee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Haiti Earthquake, Partners in Health, Paul Farmer, United Nations, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Paul Farmer Haiti Earthquake, World News
Dr. Joia Mukherjee

Overall, March 31 was a very good day for Haiti, with one very big caveat: now pledges and principles have to be translated into concrete, effective, and sustained action.

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Haiti: From The Ground Up

Patrick Duplat | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Port-Au-Prince, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Un, Paul Farmer, Paul Collier, Haiti Relief Efforts, Haiti, Refugees International, Haitiblog, World News
Patrick Duplat

From removing rubble to providing shelter, protecting women from sexual violence to providing employment, rebuilding Haiti requires a wide range of actors who must learn to work with each other.

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Why Conservative Christians So Often Fail the Common Good (Part I)

Richard T. Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard T. Hughes

Why do so many evangelical and fundamentalist Christians so often disregard two requirements that are central to the bible and to the teachings of Jesus: peacemaking and justice for the poor?

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Help Send 120,000 Solar Lights to Health Teams in Haiti

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: How to Help Haiti, Haiti Emergency, BoGo Lights, Midwife, Women?S Health, SunNight Solar, Haiti Relief Efforts, Haitian Ministry of Health, Help Haiti Earthquake, Clinton Global Initiative, Clinton, Haiti Earthquake, Donate to Haiti Earthquake, Infant Mortality, Partners in Heath, Haiti Donations, Solar Light, Light Haiti, Help Haiti, Midwives, Buy One Give One, Haiti Relief, Support Haiti, Solar Powered, Accompagnateur, Haiti, Haiti Disaster Relief, Disaster Relief, Paul Farmer, Johns Hopkins, Disaster in Haiti, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Community Health, Healthcare, Jhpiego, Impact News
Anne Dilenschneider

Two of the most highly regarded health care nonprofits in Haiti are making an urgent plea for 120,000 lights to assist them in giving medical attention to those dispersed in the rural areas.

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St. Damien's in Haiti: A Calm Admist the Storm?

Maria Bello | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Maria Bello Haiti, Maria Bello, Haiti Earthquake, Partners in Health, Paul Farmer, St Damiens, Paul Farmer Haiti Earthquake, Impact News
Maria Bello

St. Damien's is the calm in the midst of a storm, though lack of medication is still a huge problem here. Amputations are commonplace, and could have been avoided with quicker medical attention.

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Why the US Owes Haiti Billions -- The Briefest History

Bill Quigley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France, Rice, Haiti Earthquake, USA, Paul Farmer, Dictators, Reparations, Foreign Policy, World News
Bill Quigley

The current crisis is an opportunity for people in the US to own up to our country's history of dominating Haiti and to make a truly just response.

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Paul Farmer: On Jim Kim's vision for Dartmouth (Video)

Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Partners-in-Health, Dartmouth College, Jim Yong Kim, Reflections on Leadership for Social Change, Paul Farmer, Sydney Finkelstein, Business News
Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D.

In a recent talk, Global health pioneer and Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer, MD spoke of his friend Jim Yong Kim's vision as he begins his term as the 17th president of Dartmouth.

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Strength in What Remains: Tracy Kidder's Remarkable Story of a Refugee from African Genocide Who Gets Inspired in Haiti

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul Farmer, Burundi, Haiti, Genocide, Tracy Kidder, Books News
Jesse Kornbluth

Can one person make a difference? Yeah right. Then I remembered the most powerful book I read in 2009 -- Strength in What Remains, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Kidder.

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Paul Farmer: Early Influences That Led to a Career in Medicine

Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Partners-in-Health, Jim Yong Kim, Dartmouth College, Reflections on Leadership for Social Change, Paul Farmer, Business News
Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D.

At a recent roundtable, Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer, MD spoke about the influences early in his life that led to his career in medicine. Watch it here.

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Paul Farmer -- The Need for "Systems Thinking" in Health Care (Video)

Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Partners-in-Health, Jim Yong Kim, Dartmouth College, Reflections on Leadership for Social Change, Sydney-Finkelstein, Paul Farmer, Health Care, Business News
Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D.

Global health pioneer and Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer, MD recently emphasized the need to bring "systems thinking" into the discussion of improving the delivery of health care world-wide.

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Haiti: Partners in Health

Jennifer Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Health, Earthquake, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Partners in Health, Paul Farmer, Haiti, Tracy Kidder, Denver News
Jennifer Schneider

I have spent the last few years studying engineers' responses to humanitarian crises. One book I've found inspiring during this research is Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains.

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A Good Way to Help Haiti

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti, Partners in Health, Paul Farmer, Pollster, Politics News
Mark Blumenthal

Given the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the internet has been buzzing with ways to help. I want to amplify this suggestion from The Nation's Peter Rot...

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Clinton Consulted With Republicans, Neocons On Big Foreign Policy Speech

The Plum Line | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Defense, Henry Kissinger, Liberals, Clinton, Joseph Nye, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Brent Scowcroft, Neoconservatism, Zbigniew Brzezinski, George Schultz, Center for American Progress, Foreign Policy, Jim Jones, Paul Farmer, State Department, John Podesta, Francis Fukuyama, Neocons, Strobe Talbott, Robert Gates, Foreign Policy Advisers, Hillary Clinton, Richard Lugar, Politics News

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has consulted with a surprisingly diverse ideological bunch in the course of creating the major foreign policy spee...

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Paul Farmer Joining the Obama/Clinton Team? We Can Hope...

Matthew Kavanagh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Usaid, Hillary Clinton, Paul Farmer, State Department, Barack Obama, World News
Matthew Kavanagh

Paul Farmer has shown that with commitment and smart use of resources, international development programs can work--can change lives and make human rights into human realities.

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"Game-Changing Pick" Under Consideration to Head New Foreign Assistance Effort

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Equity, Paul Farmer, Pepfar, Health, US Foreign Policy, Global Poverty, Foreign Assistance, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

Dr. Paul Farmer expressed eagerness to take the post if it entails reorganizing U.S. foreign assistance, and if he has widespread grassroots support from the global health community.

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