"Dignity and Global Health"

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Former head of Doctors Without Borders Dr. James Orbinski says find way to help people | Deseret News

In this lecture, Dr. Orbinski will explore questions on the interrelated states of health and illness on a global scale. In a world of sharp economic disparities, what responsibilities do we have to the suffering? How do we insure that those ravaged by medical calamities live and die in dignity?  

James Orbinski provided humanitarian aid, protection, and medical assistance for thousands of people as president of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) during the genocide in Rwanda and the civil war in Zaire, and advocates for access to essential medicines, global health governance, and humanitarian crisis management.  He accepted a Nobel Peace Prize for the organization in 1999.