Paul Farmer, Jim Kim, and Michael Porter on Redefining Global Health Care Delivery

Posted on Jun 5, 2013

Paul Farmer, Jim Kim, and Michael Porter on Redefining Global Health Care Delivery
Dr. Paul Farmer conducts rounds with the medical team at Bayalpata Hospital in Achham, Nepal. Photo: Rebecca E. Rollins/Partners In Health

How do we define quality and value in global health? It is essential that health programs be comprehensive, integrated, and monitored so they can effectively address social and economic barriers to care for the poor.  A paper published in The Lancet from World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, PIH Co-founder Paul Farmer, and world-renowned Harvard economist Michael Porter outlines a vision for redefining global health care delivery.

Click here to read The Lancet article in full. 

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