Leadership Seminar

Corynne Dech and Eva Tsocanos

*Born October 26, 1959 in North Adams, MA

*Received a B.A. from Duke University and an MD and PhD in medical anthropology at Harvard University

*Split his time between medical school and working at a public health clinic in Haiti

*Is married to Didi and has three children

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*In Cange, Farmer discovered the poorest and sickest of the poor.

*1985 – Zanmi Lasante founded with financial backing from Tom White

*1998 – Zanmi Lasante provides the first free HIV care and treatment in a poor area

*Now includes infectious disease center, outpatient clinic, women’s health clinic, blood bank, schools, and more

*All patients given free servicehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/newshour/4303112882/sizes/z/in/photostream/http://www.pih.orghttp://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/far1bio-1

*Church converted to hospital ward by Partners in Health in Cange, Haiti

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*At its root, our mission is both medical and moral. It is based on solidarity, rather than charity alone. When a person in Peru, or Siberia, or rural Haiti falls ill, PIH uses all of the means at our disposal to make them well—from pressuring drug manufacturers, to lobbying policy makers, to providing medical care and social services. Whatever it takes. Just as we would do if a member of our own family—or we ourselves—were ill.

*Haiti

* Lesotho

*Malawi

* Peru

*Russia

*USA

*Kazakhstan

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*But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to be central to public health. This could be very simple: the well should take care of the sick. -Paul Farmer

*For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act. -Paul Farmer

*Since I do not believe that there should be different recommendations for people living in the Bronx and people living in Manhattan, I am uncomfortable making different recommendations for my patients in Boston and in Haiti. -Paul Farmer

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