Dr. Farmer and the US

We'll want to keep our eye on this one:

Harvard's Paul Farmer could oversee US global initiatives
By: James F. Smith - Boston Globe

We had the great honor of hosting Dr. Farmer on campus recently (you can see the video of his presentation here).

I was going to title this entry "Dr. Farmer and the World", but I think Dr. Farmer's greater challenge, if he does take on this role, will be how to interacts with US policy-makers and US sentiment. Our government has made some good movement in the right direction over the past decade on global health, and these have been more than simply placating steps. Dr. Farmer would have opportunity to propose at high levels (and potentially accomplish) some really big steps, but not without resistance.

I think Dr. Farmer is well-acquainted with resistance, however. This has not stopped him in the past. He is a rare individual whose rhetoric is astonishingly well-supported by his life's work.