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When Paul Farmer first went to Haiti in 1983, he was studying medicine and anthropology and hoping to become a doctor for the poor, perhaps in Africa. He eventually became America's most celebrated doctor for the poor, made famous by Pulitzer-prizewinning author Tracy Kidder in his 2003 book, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World...
...Phil allowed himself to go to Africa, the heart of the global health crisis. Phil has edited many stories about diseases in Africa, but he had never been to the continent. In September he flew to Rwanda to spend a few days with his longtime hero, Dr. Paul Farmer. There, he got a crash course in Third World medicine, interviewing beleaguered health officials, visiting families crowded into thatched huts and shadowing Farmer as he treated AIDS, TB and malaria patients with food and life-saving drugs. "This is how medicine is supposed to work," says Elmer-DeWitt. "After three days...
...people who helped develop other leaders and made unique contributions in their fields. “You don’t have to be a household name to be an outstanding leader,” Khazei said. Harvard’s Presley Professor of Social Medicine Paul E. Farmer and Associate Clinical Professor of Social Medicine Jim Yong Kim, the two founders of Partners in Health, made the list for their work improving health care in poor nations. Both said they were surprised to appear on the list. “I can think of other leaders in public health...
Third-generation corn farmer Paul Siegel says working the land will always be his true love. "There's nothing like planting a seed, nurturing it and harvesting it," says the owner of Siegel's Cottonwood Farms in Crest Hill, Ill., near Chicago. But Siegel admits that it is his annual Pumpkin Fest that keeps his farm afloat. Started in 1990, with a pumpkin patch and hayrides, Siegel's fall festival has mushroomed into a full-fledged theme park complete with haunted barns, a petting zoo, a 10-acre corn maze and snacks such as smoked turkey legs, kettle corn...
...international community and the veterinary services massively to respond," fao chief veterinary officer Joseph Domenech told Time. The fao suspects that wild birds could spread the lethal h5n1 virus - which can jump to humans and has killed at least 60 people in Asia so far, including a chicken farmer in Thailand last week - to domestic poultry in Africa. According to Ethiopian geneticist Tadelle Dessie, huge flocks migrating to lakes in the Rift Valley pose a threat. Where poultry is kept outdoors, the risks are great, he says. The fao fears wild birds wintering in Africa might bring the disease north...