I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike.

We would like to see the virtual elimination of the transmission of [HIV] from mother to child by 2015. ... We believe it can be achieved with political will.

Women empowering other women.They get the psycho-social support. They become part of a community.

There needs to be a shift in consciousness; there needs to be an absolute wake-up call before society can actually make the kind of incredibly significant changes that need to happen.

I have always felt a little homeless. It's a strange thing.

When you go to Africa, and you see children, they're usually barefoot, dirty and in rags, and they'd love to go to school.

It was very easy for me to dedicate myself to the care of mothers, help them have healthy babies, help them be healthy, help them in a place where they don't have opportunities. Success breeds the excitement to continue going. It's harder to get out of bed when you've failed.