The body of late Dr Paul Farmer, founder of University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) and co-founder of Partners in Health (PIH), was on Thursday, February 24, repatriated to his native United States following a private final farewell ceremony that was held in Kigali, The News Times reports President Paul Kagame alongside First Lady Jeannette Kagame joined his widow, Dr Didi Bertrand Farmer, and family as well as friends and colleagues of the deceased to grieve the “immeasurable global impact of his life”. His body left Kigali International Airport Thursday night, the local newspaper has learnt. Farmer, described by many around the world as a global health icon, breathed his last early this week on February 21, ‘peacefully’ in his bed, according to a tribute.
