Health pioneer may get Obama post

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Source: Boston Globe

By James F. Smith
Globe Staff / May 15, 2009

Harvard's Farmer could oversee US global initiatives
Dr. Paul Farmer has gained international acclaim for more than two decades of work.

Dr. Paul Farmer, the global health crusader who has crafted lifesaving projects from Haiti to Rwanda, has told colleagues privately that he is mulling a possible appointment by the Obama administration to coordinate the United States' growing overseas health initiatives.

Farmer told faculty members at Harvard Medical School in a meeting on Monday that he is in discussions with the State Department, which this month proposed a surge in funding over the next six years for global programs to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and tropical disease and to improve children's health.

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Here's an appointment that I can really get behind.

Dr. Farmer has done some amazing work in Haiti. His book "Mountains Beyond Mountains" is well worth the read.

[mrs_p]

1. agree, this would be great

[Demeter]

2. On Behalf of 300,000+ US Citizens, May I Ask: What About At-Home Medical Initiatives?

Seems to me that ought to be in the picture somewhere.

[earthboundmisfit]

3. Sorry, here at home it's only about making sure each & every one of us

helps keep the health insurance racket going strong.