In an age of explosive development in the realm of medical technology, it is unnerving to find that the discoveries of Salk, Sabin, and even Pasteur remain irrelevant to much of humanity.

I'm not an austere person.

The model of the teaching hospital, which links research to teaching and service is what's missing in global health.

Everybody should be interested in access to primary and secondary education for everybody.

It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country.

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many decades, and with reason, but now we have to ask how can we broaden the view.

I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not a scientist and am focused on the short-term - what will happen in the interim.