I'm not an austere person.

The idea that because you're born in Haiti you could die having a child. The idea that because you're born in you know Malawi your children may go to bed hungry. We want to take some of the chance out of that.

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal.

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.

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

With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership.

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