If you look just at the decades after 1934, you know it's hard to point to really inspired and positive support from outside of Haiti, to Haiti, and much easier to point to either small-minded or downright mean-spirited policies.

I think that looking forward it's easy to imagine more constructive help for Haiti.

The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right.

What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.

The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not because doctors in these countries have different ideas about what constitutes modern medicine. It's the system and its limitations that are to blame.

People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be.

We have to design a health delivery system by actually talking to people and asking, 'What would make this service better for you?' As soon as you start asking, you get a flood of answers.