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Jim Yong Kim gives TEDTalk on ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity
June 16, 2017
Bending the Arc film subject, Partners In Health co-founder, and current President of the World Bank Group, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, joined the 2017 TEDTalks to discuss ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity. “Aspirations…
CNN—Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The man who inspired me to be more selfless
June 15, 2017
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN)In the immediate aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti that left 220,000 people dead and 1.5 million displaced, the world responded, pledging more than $13 billion in aid to the devastated…
Greenwich Daily Voice—Barbara Bush Makes An Impact On Global Health At Greenwich Film Festival
June 5, 2017
GREENWICH, Conn. — Barbara Pierce Bush visited the hometown of her grandfather, President George H.W. Bush, as she moderated a panel discussion on the state of global healthcare at this weekend’s Greenwich Film Festival. The…
The New Times—Progress comes from empowering citizens, says President Kagame
May 28, 2017
President Paul Kagame thanked the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) and Partners in Health for its role in advancing global health delivery by training the next generation of global health care professionals. “The…
Reuters—World Bank says nations ill-prepared to battle pandemic diseases
May 25, 2017
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Most of the world is failing to invest enough money to prevent the potential global spread of disease that could kill millions of people and cripple economies, the…
Variety—Film Review: ‘Bending the Arc’
April 24, 2017
A stirring documentary about bringing basic healthcare services to those who need it most. For anyone who wants to believe in the promise of Martin Luther King Jr.’s quote “the arc of the moral…
World Bank Group—Inspiring Change: A Conversation between Matt Damon and Jim Yong Kim
April 20, 2017
Actor and activist Matt Damon joined World Bank Group president and Partners In Health co-founder Dr. Jim Yong Kim to discuss the importance of clean water. Matt Damon has dedicated the last decade to…
The Washington Post—George W. Bush: PEPFAR saves millions of lives in Africa. Keep it fully funded.
April 7, 2017
George W. Bush served as 43rd president of the United States and founded the George W. Bush Institute in Dallas. Last week in Gaborone, Botswana, Laura and I sat in a small room in…
New York Times—Paul Farmer: Humans Aren’t Winning the War on TB
March 24, 2017
For decades there were few developments in the fight against tuberculosis — at least by humans. The bacteria that causes this airborne disease, in contrast, regularly boasts a number of deadly new upgrades, including…
Patheos—“Bending the Arc”: Changing the World, One Patient at a Time
February 5, 2017
Toward the end of Bending the Arc, an invigorating new documentary about the worldwide organization Partners in Health (PIH), one of its co-founders Jim Yong Kim states that “optimism is a moral choice.” This…