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February 12, 2007
Paul Farmer presents Building a Health Care Movement
Paul Farmer presents Building a Health Care Movement: From Haiti to Rwanda
Time: Monday, Feb 12, 2007 5:00pm
Address: Ford Auditorium, University Hospital
Address: 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Paul E. Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University, attending physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and founding director of Partners In Health will present "Building a Health Care Movement: From Haiti to Rwanda." The speech will focus on PIH's philosophy and approach to providing integrated health care solutions to the poor. PIH is an international charity organization that operates in eight countries and is best known for its work in Haiti, where it has been treating impoverished people since 1983; and in Rwanda, where it is pursuing an integrated approach to health and development issues for rural residents.
This will be simulcast to Ford Auditorium and the West Lecture Hall. To view a streaming video, visit http://ummedia02.rs.itd.umich.edu/farmer021207_400k.
Posted by schnitzr at February 12, 2007 09:24 AM
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I watched the streaming video in my office, and that worked quite well.
I'm impressed that this event was oversubscribed, and that the earlier Tracy Kidd presentation was standing room only. The committee made a good choice - this book seems to really strike a cord in the Ann Arbor and UM communities.
Did any one else attend or watch remotely and like to share thoughts about the talk?
Posted by: janeblum at February 12, 2007 06:03 PM
On the principle of better late than never (and for those who were unabler to get an early copy of the book), we are contacting some former med school classmates of Dr. Farmer (who are now at SPH) in the hope of having one of them facilitate our own little book discussion group (and this event will be open to everyone, of course!) a little later in the year. We shall keep folks apprised as plans are finalized. anna for the other InfoPoint Members
Posted by: schnitzr at February 15, 2007 06:11 PM
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