International Work
In 1987, Farmer, along with Ophelia Dahl, Jim Yong Kim, Thomas J. White and Todd McCormack, co-founded Partners In Health. PIH began in Cange in the Central Plateau of Haiti and has developed into a worldwide health organization. The PIH hospital in Haiti provides free treatment to patients. PIH helps patients living in poverty to obtain effective drugs to treat tuberculosis and AIDS.
In addition to his hospital in Haiti, Farmer oversees projects in Russia, Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi and Peru. His approach has its basis in ethnographic analysis and real world practicality.
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World' by Tracy Kidder details Farmer's work in Haiti, Peru, and Russia, as well as his efforts to balance clinical and academic responsibilities with having a family of his own. The book narrates the interactions and conflicts Farmer faces as he attempts to secure healthcare for the poor in Haiti.
Paul Farmer sits on the board of the Aristide Foundation for democracy and is a co-founder and Board Member of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Incentives for Global Health, the NGO focused on developing the Health Impact Fund.
Farmer was appointed as the Deputy UN Special Envoy for Haiti, by former US President Bill Clinton, UN Special Envoy for Haiti, on August 11, 2009. In this role, Dr. Farmer will support Clinton and assist in advancing their work on a day-to-day basis.
Farmer is a board member of Kageno Worldwide, Inc., a community development agency that has worked in Kenya and Rwanda.
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