“As a doctor, but most of all as a human being, Paul Farmer was a tireless champion of access to lifesaving antiretroviral treatments personally travelling to countries across the globe to deliver medicine and care,” said Michael Weinstein, President of AHF, the largest global AIDS organization currently caring for over 1.7 million people living with HIV/AIDS in 45 countries around the globe. “Farmer was deeply committed to universal access to treatment for HIV and AIDS. He will be sorely missed but leaves a legacy of decades-long leadership in Partners in Health.”
According to the New York Times, “His work with Partners in Health significantly influenced public health strategies for responding to tuberculosis, H.I.V. and Ebola. During the AIDS crisis in Haiti, he went door to door to deliver antiviral medication, confounding many in the medical field who believed it would be impossible for poor rural people to survive the disease.”
About AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, currently provides medical care and/or services to over 1.7 million people in 45 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region and Eastern Europe.
