Audio interview with Paul Farmer
4 June 2009
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Medical anthropologist and doctor Paul Farmer has spent most of his career providing healthcare to some of the world’s most destitute communities, through his organization Partners in Health, which he co-founded in 1987. In this What Matters podcast, Dr. Farmer speaks with McKinsey’s Mary Kuntz about his organization’s approach to treating chronic diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis in countries around the world such as Haiti, Peru, Russia, and Rwanda. He also discusses the medical and moral imperative for affluent nations to provide assistance, and the future of global health.
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19 Mar 2010 · 06:09:10 AM GMT
This is a nice idea. People from rural areas are longing for some kind of accessible healthcare. This is hi-tech also, maybe aside from the stethoscope other instruments and tests could also be performed online, soon. However, for doctors who stil...—James
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10 Feb 2010 · 01:31:45 AM GMT
It communicates important entrepreneurial management practices, such as how your venture will mitigate risk, and how your venture will manage uncertainty. Most importantly, new business venturing is now about focusing on creating sustainable value.—jimmy
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01 Dec 2009 · 10:30:29 AM GMT
HEALTH OFFICER INSTEAD OF MEDICAL OFFICER Unfortunately, there is lot of incentive to be sick, namely, sick leave, sympathy, get-well card, employer funding the major cost of illness and last but not the least, belief that if I am sick there is t...—DR. AJAY SATI; Founder, AKS Consulting
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06 Nov 2009 · 11:14:42 AM GMT
Hello, This is very nobel cause that you have addressed.It will prove very beneficial to the rural people. Wish you all the best for your venture.—Manisha Kulkarni
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06 Nov 2009 · 04:53:12 AM GMT
Yes, totally agree with some of the comments made above. Especially in USA, where the patient base or prevalance is high for lots of diseases and sickness is due to poor eating habits and improper lifestyle. Instead of spending too much money in...—K N Prasad
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26 Oct 2009 · 11:39:57 AM GMT
Interesting in implementation in Balkan area.—koce
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- Acumen Fund website
- Gates Foundation health programs
- CFR on global health
- Kaiser Family Foundation's online resource for health care issues
- Manhattan Institute's Medical Progress Report
- McKinsey Global Institute on health care
- Partners in Health website
- The Commonwealth Fund
- The McKinsey Quarterly on health care
- World Economic Forum's Global Health Initiative
My 20 year old daughter Katie, and our board member, flew to Jamaica three days ago to intern with IsleGo Missions – this is our 4th year traveling there. Here is an excerpt from her blog. WHile we clearly have issues in the US, third world nations area at a level most of us cannot appreciate! We all need to help!
Day 1: A team worked on a house last week by the new community center (don’t quote me on the location or small details… I wasn’t there but will inform to the best of my ability) and many members of the team noticed that the family had many kids but there was a little baby who was a few months old & clearly starving was lethargic & couldn’t even lift up his head. They told Dusty about it and he talked to someone he knew at the Child Development Agency and basically said “i want to stay out of it but this baby needs help.” Corinne went the next day and got the baby to drink formula she brought. After he drank the formula he seemed to be more lively and could lift his little head up but the baby was so malnourished that he couldn’t be revived. He died the next day and Dusty had to see Uncle carrying the baby up to the community center. The dad was arrested because he allowed the child to die knowing that if any government official saw the conditions his children were being raised in, all of the kids would be taken away. So, so sad.
Posted 16 June 2009, 07:12 by Brian Wagenr