Talks@12: Disparities & Bias in Global Health

Lack of cultural humility and understanding of socioeconomic disparities among the medical community may contribute to inequitable health care outcomes. Paul Farmer shares his global experience and discusses whether a social medicine approach can lead to health care justice for all.

Talk by:

Paul Farmer, MD, PhD

Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Chief, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Co-founder, Partners in Health

Moderated By:

Joan Reede, MD, MPH, MS, MBA

Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership,
Harvard Medical School

Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Assistant in Health Policy,
Massachusetts General Hospital

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Amazing health information. Awesome job.

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We were not poor until we contracted a parasitic infestation 3 years ago. Several doctors have recognized it as a textbook clinical presentation of a parasitic infestation. The doctors follow the standard of care and refer us to infectious disease specialists. Infectious disease specialists have informed us that we can't get parasites if we have not left the country even though we are farmers. They do not even bother doing an examination all the while gaslighting us in the most condescending tones.