I'm not an austere person.

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

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.

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

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.

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

You can't have public health without working with the public sector. You can't have public education without working with the public sector in education.