/spgh/taxonomy/term/1241/all en /spgh/channels/event/deadline-paul-farmer-lectureship-and-award-nominations-357445 <p>To honour Paul Farmer’s memory, the ƻ����Ժ School of Population and Global Health has created a lectureship and award that will be given, on an annual basis, to an individual who models and demonstrates Paul’s vision of a ‘preferential option for </p> Mon, 27 May 2024 15:19:31 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 2400 at /spgh /spgh/article/paul-farmer-lectureship-and-award-global-health-equity-launched <p>Paul Farmer, physician, activist, academic, humanitarian, and teacher died in Rwanda on February 21, 2022. Few people in the field of global health have had a bigger impact than him.</p> <p>It is impossible to think about Paul without thinking about the word <i>equity</i>. “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world,” is a famous Paul Farmer quote. He pushed everyone to provide a ‘preferential option for the poor’ in health care. Paul inspired people around the world to choose a life of health activism in a world full of inequities.</p> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:22:51 +0000 The ƻ����Ժ School of Population and Global Health 2338 at /spgh