Partners In Health Opens University of Global Health Equity In Rwanda

Devex: Paul Farmer’s ‘lifelong dream’
“When physician, anthropologist, and global health entrepreneur Paul Farmer describes something as ‘the only terminus’ of ‘a lifelong dream,’ that’s a cue to start paying attention. This week 27 students opened the school year as the inaugural class of master’s degree candidates at the University of Global Health Equity in Kigali, Rwanda, a new university owned and operated by Partners in Health, the nongovernmental organization Farmer co-founded in 1987…” (Igoe, 9/17).

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