Listen now (38 min) | Dr. Paul Farmer unexpectedly passed away on February 21, 2022. He was 62. Trained as physician and medical anthropologist, Dr. Farmer was known moreover for his healthcare work in Haiti that he more formally forwarded via Partners in Health (PIH), an organization he cofounded in 1987. Over the subsequent years Dr. Farmer and PIH expanded their work around the world in Africa, Russia, South America and in the US. Dr. Farmer and his colleagues were also widely known for their international efforts to address multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB). Among other notable achievements, Dr. Farmer served as a University Professor and a department chair at Harvard, served in United Nations’ positions, on numerous boards and as editor in chief of Health and Human Rights. He authored over 100 articles and a dozen books. His most recent was the 2020 work, “Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History.” Among numerous awards Dr. Farmer received a MacArthur fellowship, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences was the recipient of numerous honorary doctorate degrees and prizes. (Listeners may recall I interviewed Dr. Reinhart on June 24, 2021 regarding mass incarceration, public health and structural racism during the COVID era.)