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Partners In Health (PIH) is a Boston, Massachusetts-based non-profit health care organization founded in 1987 by Dr. Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl, Thomas J. White, Todd McCormack, and Dr. Jim Yong Kim. The goals of the organization are "to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them and to serve as an antidote to despair." 〔http://www.pih.org/pages/our-mission〕 PIH has innovated alternative methods to the conventional curative method of treatment for the sick and preventing diseases before they occur. This model believes that primary health care is essential because health is a right and therefore, it should be available to everyone.〔Farmer, Paul E., Bruce Nizeye, Sara Stulac, and Salmaan Keshavjee. 2006. "Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine". ''PLoS Medicine'', 1686-1691.〕 PIH strives to bring good medical care to the poor by establishing long-term partnerships with local sister organizations. ==History== The idea for Partners In Health first began when Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl helped set up a community-based health project in Cange, Haiti known as Zanmi Lasante ("Partners in Health"). For a number of years the organization focused its efforts almost exclusively on treating people with HIV/AIDS in rural Haiti. In the past decade, the organization's mission has expanded to include a more holistic approach to tackling disease and poverty. PIH devotes considerable resources to providing food, water, education and housing to sick patients. The organization also advocates for human rights both at the governmental and international NGO level. In 1993, Dr. Farmer founded the Institute for Health and Social Justice (IHSJ), which is the research and advocacy arm of PIH. The IHSJ was founded using the proceeds of Dr. Farmer's John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Award. The mission of the IHSJ is to analyze the impact of poverty and inequality on health, and to use these findings to educate and train students, academics, donors, policy makers, and lay people. As of 2006, the IHSJ is under the direction of Dr. Joia Mukherjee, PIH's Chief Medical Officer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pih.org/pages/advocacy/ )〕 The organization became a household name after author Tracy Kidder wrote ''The New York Times'' bestselling book ''Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World''. The book detailed Dr. Farmer's life and his work with PIH in Haiti and around the world. The title comes from a simplified translation of the Haitian phrase, ''deye mon, gen mon''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Partners In Health」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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