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.

That's when I feel most alive, when I'm helping people.

The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be considered a right.

There is nothing wrong with underlining personal agency, but there is something unfair about using personal responsibility as a basis for assigning blame while simultaneously denying those who are being blamed the opportunity to exert agency in their lives

You can't have public health without a public health system. We just don't want to be part of a mindless competition for resources. We want to build back capacity in the system.

The world is full of miserable places. One way of living comfortably is not to think about them or, when you do, to send money

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