'The Dread Of Responsibility' — Paul Farmer On The Pandemic And Poor Countries
The co-founder of Partners in Health talks about the challenges facing already challenged health-care systems as coronavirus spreads.
Dr. Paul Farmer, professor of medicine at Harvard University, has spent three decades helping poor countries fight devastating diseases – from tuberculosis to cholera to Ebola to Zika. As co-founder of Partners in Health, he works to strengthen health-care systems in Haiti (where the group started), Malawi, Rwanda and other low- and middle-income countries, where he's seem what works – and what doesn't work – when disease strikes.
In an interview with NPR, Farmer shared his perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic – and the new challenges to be faced in parts of the world where health-care systems already face too many challenges.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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