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...evening that combined weighty issues and humor, Farmer, the Presley professor of social medicine at Harvard Medical School, answered questions on issues from Haiti to Rwanda, and from the importance of civil activism in the U.S. to the process of building a public health system in Malawi...
...Farmer, the founder of Partners in Health, a Boston-based nonprofit organization with projects in the U.S., Latin America, and Russia, said that although the success of projects like those he runs are dependent on the commitment of governments to providing basic health rights, Partners in Health would not necessarily avoid getting involved in countries where the regime is unwelcoming...
...need to be humble about what we’re doing,” Farmer said in a phone interview after the event...
...Farmer said he was skeptical about Massachusetts’ recent legislation requiring all state residents to have health insurance...
Kidder also spoke briefly on Friday night, introducing Farmer...