Partners In Health
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Partners In Health (PIH) is a Boston, Massachusetts-based non-profit healthcare organization dedicated to providing a "preferential option for the poor". Founded in the 1980s by Dr. Paul Farmer, Thomas J. White, and Todd McCormack, joined later by Ophelia Dahl and Dr. Jim Kim, PIH strives to bring the best of western medicine to the poorest of the poor by establishing long-term partnerships with local sister organizations. The people of Haiti, Peru, Russia, and Rwanda have seen the greatest portion of their work, especially in the treatment of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.
Pulitzer prizewinner Tracy Kidder's book Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World, details PIH's work.
[edit] Films
- 2005 - Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge. Produced by WGBH Educational Foundation and Vulcan Productions, Inc.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Partners In Health
- Boston AIDS Weekend 2006 - AIDS Fundraiser for Partners In Health and Treatment Action Campaign from December 1 through December 3, 2006
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