In Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds, he offers the first substantive account of this frightening, fast-moving episode and its implications. Paul Farmer, the internationally renowned doctor and anthropologist, experienced the Ebola outbreak firsthand-Partners In Health, the organization he founded, was among the international responders. But why did it happen, and what can we learn from it? Causing severe loss of life and economic disruption, the Ebola crisis was a major tragedy of modern medicine. The brutal virus spread rapidly through a clinical desert where basic health-care facilities were few and far between. In 2014, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea suffered the worst epidemic of Ebola in history. Chan School of Public HealthÄean for Diversity and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard University and Harvard T.H. Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard UniversityĪssistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Paul Farmer and panelists for a discussion to celebrate his latest work, Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds.
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