Infections and Inequalities

Categories: Medical Books, Politics & Social Sciences

Physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer shows how poverty and inequality drive the spread of diseases like tuberculosis and HIV, and argues for treating health care for the poor as a matter of human rights.

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• Bill Gates: “Paul Farmer is one of the most impressive people I've had the honor of getting to know... In this book he really opens your eyes to the vast differences between the health of the rich and the health…”