In this photo taken June 20, 2011, a man carries a baby past a temporary house at a refugee camp set up for people displaced by the January 2010 in Carrefour, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The structure is one of hundreds of wooden frames with steel or plywood roofs that foreign aid groups erected as a temporary fix for people displaced by the January 2010 earthquake. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Haiti after the earthquake
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On January 12, 2010 a massive earthquake laid waste to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing hundreds of thousands of people. Within three days, Dr. Paul Farmer arrived in the Haitian capital, along with a team of volunteers, to lend his services to the injured. He joins us to discuss his experiences and his newest book, Haiti After the Earthquake.
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Paul Farmer: Medical anthropologist and physician at Harvard University and a founding director of Partners In Health (PIH), an international non-profit organization that provides direct health care services and undertakes research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are sick and living in poverty.
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