But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think of when I think of activists.

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.

Some people talk about Haiti as being the graveyard of development projects.

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.

Equity is the only acceptable goal

If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?

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