Paul Farmer was born in Massachusetts in 1959, studied at Harvard Medical School, became a doctor, and ended up living and working in Haiti. He co-founded an organization in 1987 called Partners in Health (PIH). The philosophy behind the organization is that everyone, no matter who or where, has the right to health care. Paul Farmer and PIH have already made incredible progress in Haiti, Peru and several other countries, helping people get the care they need. The PIH website lists a detailed history of their work and that of farmers in Haiti. When Paul Farmer first arrived in Cange, Haiti, as a medical student in 1983, the place was in ruins. In 1956, a dam was built on the Artibonite River, flooding the village and forcing residents to settle in the hills. Many of these displaced villagers were still homeless after nearly thirty years and had little access to quality health care. With the establishment of the Zanmi Lasante Clinic later in 1983, Farmer and his friend Ophelia Dahl put the residents of Cange on the path to recovery by providing access to doctors, medications and emergency care, all completely free. ("Partners") One of Farmer's priorities was tuberculosis (TB) and he achieved great success in this area. Through new studies and methods such as active case finding and community health workers, as well as his work on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, Paul Farmer revolutionized the treatment of tuberculosis in Haiti and around the world. Paul Farmer designed several studies that he used to help create new methods of treating tuberculosis, including a study of a system called active case finding, which helps detect cases of tuberculosis more quickly. The old system of TB case finding was known as passive case finding. Passive case finding is in the middle of an article in Haiti about community health workers. “Partners in the History of Health.” Health Partners. Internet. December 5, 2011. This article describes the history of PIH as it relates to its creation and work in Haiti and other countries. "Stories - Peru Journal - Part 2: Diseases of the Poor — International Reporting Project." Web. December 8, 2011. This article provides the population count of Carabayllo in 1994. "Tuberculosis - Fact Sheets - What is DOTS." WHO SEAR, Regional Health Situation, and World AIDS Day, World Health Report 16. November 2011. This fact sheet describes the DOTS protocol used to treat tuberculosis. “Success rate of tuberculosis treatment under DOTS, percentage.” UNStats Millennium Indicators, July 7, 2011. Web, November 16, 2011. DOTS TB treatment success rate by country.