Equity is the only acceptable goal

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

The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis in Haiti, they're major problems in Haiti, but the biggest problem is rebuilding systems.

Ebola has not yet come into contact with modern medicine in West Africa. But when protocols for the provision of high quality supportive care are followed, the case fatality rate for Ebola may be lower than 20 percent.

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

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.