Wingdie Didi Bertrand Farmer
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Didi Bertrand Farmer, MA, DEA, DESS (born between 1961-1963) is a medical Anthropologist and Community Health Specialist, who does most of her work in Haiti and Rwanda. From 2005 to 2015, Bertrand was the Director of the Community Health Program, and the head of Social Development Programs, as well as the head of Biological Research for Partners In Health (PIH) Rwanda Inshuti MuBulimia, supporting the Rwandan Ministry of Health and two other PIH sites in the African continent.[2] The principal focus of Bertrand's research studies in PIH is to improve community health, reproductive health, malnutrition and traditional healing in rural Rwanda. [3] After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Bertrand served as the Chair of the Haiti-Rwanda Commission, to encourage and maintain South-South cooperation and exchange. Bertrand is currently the Senior Adviser on Community Health for Partners in Health and leads Women and Girls Initiative (WGI) in both Rwanda and Haiti,[2] which is an organization founded by Bertrand that prioritizes building a more safe and welcoming environment for young girls.[4]
Early life and education[edit]
Born in Port-au-prince, Haiti between the years 1961 and 1963. Her father was a school master in Cange.[5]
Most of her studies were done in Haiti. In 2000, Bertrand moved to Paris with her 2 year old daughter to finish her studies.[6] Bertrand received two master's degrees in Social Sciences and two advanced degrees in Health System Management and Community Health and Social Development from universities in Haiti and France.[2]
Career[edit]
Farmer founded the Women and Girls Initiative (WGI)[7] in 2009. It is a global female leadership organization working to improve the lives of young girls in Rwanda, and Haiti.[4][1] It began as a pilot program in 2008 to support over 400 disadvantaged adolescent girls and young women after the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.[8] It became a long-term solution to strengthening the community by 2009 and expanded to support young girls in Haiti after the 2010 Haiti earthquake as well as Hurricane Matthew in 2016, in response to increased violence against women in recent years.[8][9] WGI creates a space where girls come together to share their stories and feel heard and supported. This organization offers girls in Rwanda and Haiti emotional and academic support.[9][1] Bertrand has raised a lot of money towards this organization and has partnered with other organizations who have supported in funding the organization.[10] WGI partners with many other organizations the primary one being Partner In Health (PIH).[10] PIH doctors support in offering prevention and treatment for sexual abuse, HIV, and unwanted pregnancy. A PIH Development Officer offers workshops for the girls to help them express themselves and reflect on their future.[9]
Farmer joined the University of Miami’s Global Institute in 2019, serving as managing director for the Institute’s new public-private initiative at the Miller School of Medicine with the Bahamian Ministry of Health, launched in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Her role’s was to encourage and maintain strong local and global health partnership projects and initiatives in the US, Haiti, Bahamas, Grenada, and beyond.[2]
2005, Bertrand joined the health non-profit Partners In Health in 2005 as the Director of the Community Health Program in Rwanda-Inshuti Mu Buzima, where she focused on how to improve community and reproductive health, while incorporating methods of traditional healing. One of Bertrand's studies focuses on plans to increase family uptake and population welfare allying with local evolving belief systems to better improve community outcomes.[11] Another study conducted by Bertrand with the Ministry of Health Rwanda illustrates gaps in reproductive health policy and education that limit adolescents' rights to health care.[12] As of 2023, Bertrand is the Senior Advisor on Community Health in Rwanda and Haiti.[2]
Family life[edit]
In 1996, Bertrand married Paul Edward Farmer, an American medical anthropologist, and physician, who died on February 21, 2022, at the age of 62.[13] They met while working in Cange, Haiti.[6][14] The couple had three children, Sebastian Farmer, Elizabeth Farmer, and Catherine Farmer. Their second daughter Elizabeth was adopted after being abandoned at Rwinkwavu Hospital, Rwanda as a newborn.[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Corso, Minda (2020-01-08). "Didi Bertrand helps girls become leaders". Every Child Thrives.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Visiting Research Scholars | Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas | University of Miami". mia.as.miami.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- ↑ "Our Team". Women and Girls Initiative (WGI). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Our Vision & Mission". Women and Girls Initiative (WGI). Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- ↑ Kidder, Tracey (2 July 2000). "The Good Doctor". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 BookBrowse. "Tracy Kidder author interview". BookBrowse.com. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ Rose, Ann (2019-10-08). "St. Thomas Church supports girls in Haiti in year of intense struggle | Coral Gables Featured#". Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Our History". Women and Girls Initiative (WGI). Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Rose, Ann (2019-10-08). "St. Thomas Church supports girls in Haiti in year of intense struggle | Coral Gables Featured#". Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Our Partners". Women and Girls Initiative (WGI). Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- ↑ Farmer, Didi Bertrand (2013-11-05). "Local understandings of reproductive health and family planning in Rwanda's southern kayonza district". APHA.
- ↑ Farmer, Didi Bertrand (2013-11-05). "we don't know what's in our bodies: Adolescent perspectives on reproductive health and family planning in Rwanda's southern kayonza district". APHA.
- ↑ Barry, Ellen; Traub, Alex (2022-02-21). "Paul Farmer, Pioneer of Global Health, Dies at 62". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "With Paul Farmer's passing, the world has lost the gift of a rare man - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
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