By John Green
February 21, 2022 6:38 p.m. EST
John Green is the author of several books, including “The Fault in Our Stars” and “The Anthropocene Reviewed” and is a longtime supporter of Partners in Health.
Here is what I want you to know about Paul Farmer: He simply did not accept the idea that inequality of health-care access is natural or inevitable. Because of his belief, and because of the nonprofit health organization Partners in Health that he co-founded, millions of people in some of the poorest nations on Earth are alive today.
News came on Monday of his sudden death, at age 62, in Rwanda. Paul was a father and a husband and a friend and a mentor to countless people. I was among them, and am devastated by his loss.