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Paul Farmer Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can’t get medical care or clean water Picture Quote #1

I recommend the same therapies for all humans with HIV. There is no reason to believe that physiologic responses to therapy will vary across lines of class, culture, race or nationality Picture Quote #1

We’ve taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS, malaria - in four countries. We’ve scored some victories in the sense that we’ve cured or treated thousands and changed the discourse about what is possible Picture Quote #1

Haiti is always talking about decentralization and nothing has been so obvious, perhaps a weakness, as the centralized nature of Haitian society as being revealed by the earthquake. I mean, they lost all these medical training programs because they didn’t have them anywhere else Picture Quote #1

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If any country was a mine-shaft canary for the reintroduction of cholera, it was Haiti - and we knew it. And in retrospect, more should have been done to prepare for cholera... which can spread like wildfire in Haiti... This was a big rebuke to all of us working in public health and health care in Haiti Picture Quote #1

I’ve been asked a lot for my view on American health care. Well, ‘it would be a good idea,’ to quote Gandhi Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

If you look at people who seek a lot of care in American cities for multiple illnesses, it’s usually people with a number of overwhelming illnesses and a lot of social problems, like housing instability, unemployment, lack of insurance, lack of housing, or just bad housing Picture Quote #1

What the American public thinks is very important to the future of global health. Many people are moved by the idea that there is unnecessary suffering in the world, and we could do a lot to stop it. We have the technologies necessary to stop most of the suffering Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

The model of the teaching hospital, which links research to teaching and service is what’s missing in global health Picture Quote #1

I critique market-based medicine not because I haven’t seen its heights but because I’ve seen its depths Picture Quote #1

Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, that’s where you see the sharp limitations of market-based health care Picture Quote #1

One of the things we have to acknowledge is that if you look at Haiti, many billions of dollars have gone into development aid there that have not been effective Picture Quote #1

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can’t get medical care or clean water Picture Quote #1

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I can’t sleep. There’s always somebody not getting treatment. I can’t stand that Picture Quote #1

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn’t be such a big deal Picture Quote #1

You can’t have public health without a public health system. We just don’t want to be part of a mindless competition for resources. We want to build back capacity in the system Picture Quote #1

... In a world riven by inequity, medicine could be viewed as social justice work Picture Quote #1

I’m not an austere person Picture Quote #1

If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right? Picture Quote #1

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That’s when I feel most alive, when I’m helping people Picture Quote #1

Equity is the only acceptable goal Picture Quote #1

Everybody should be interested in access to primary and secondary education for everybody Picture Quote #1

If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem Picture Quote #1

Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, that’s where you see the sharp limitations of market-based health care Picture Quote #1

The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right Picture Quote #1

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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. (Paul Farmer Quotes) 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 (Paul Farmer Quotes) Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can’t get medical care or clean water (Paul Farmer Quotes) I recommend the same therapies for all humans with HIV. There is no reason to believe that physiologic responses to therapy will vary across lines of class, culture, race or nationality (Paul Farmer Quotes) We’ve taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS, malaria - in four countries. We’ve scored some victories in the sense that we’ve cured or treated thousands and changed the discourse about what is possible (Paul Farmer Quotes) Haiti is always talking about decentralization and nothing has been so obvious, perhaps a weakness, as the centralized nature of Haitian society as being revealed by the earthquake. I mean, they lost all these medical training programs because they didn’t have them anywhere else (Paul Farmer Quotes) If any country was a mine-shaft canary for the reintroduction of cholera, it was Haiti - and we knew it. And in retrospect, more should have been done to prepare for cholera... which can spread like wildfire in Haiti... This was a big rebuke to all of us working in public health and health care in Haiti (Paul Farmer Quotes) I’ve been asked a lot for my view on American health care. Well, ‘it would be a good idea,’ to quote Gandhi (Paul Farmer Quotes) 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 (Paul Farmer Quotes) 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 (Paul Farmer Quotes) If you look at people who seek a lot of care in American cities for multiple illnesses, it’s usually people with a number of overwhelming illnesses and a lot of social problems, like housing instability, unemployment, lack of insurance, lack of housing, or just bad housing. (Paul Farmer Quotes) What the American public thinks is very important to the future of global health. Many people are moved by the idea that there is unnecessary suffering in the world, and we could do a lot to stop it. We have the technologies necessary to stop most of the suffering. (Paul Farmer Quotes) 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. (Paul Farmer Quotes) The model of the teaching hospital, which links research to teaching and service is what’s missing in global health. (Paul Farmer Quotes) I critique market-based medicine not because I haven’t seen its heights but because I’ve seen its depths. (Paul Farmer Quotes) Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, that’s where you see the sharp limitations of market-based health care. (Paul Farmer Quotes) One of the things we have to acknowledge is that if you look at Haiti, many billions of dollars have gone into development aid there that have not been effective. (Paul Farmer Quotes) Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can’t get medical care or clean water. (Paul Farmer Quotes) I can’t sleep. There’s always somebody not getting treatment. I can’t stand that. (Paul Farmer Quotes) I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn’t be such a big deal. (Paul Farmer Quotes) You can’t have public health without a public health system. We just don’t want to be part of a mindless competition for resources. We want to build back capacity in the system. (Paul Farmer Quotes) ... In a world riven by inequity, medicine could be viewed as social justice work (Paul Farmer Quotes) I’m not an austere person (Paul Farmer Quotes) If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right? (Paul Farmer Quotes) That’s when I feel most alive, when I’m helping people (Paul Farmer Quotes) Equity is the only acceptable goal (Paul Farmer Quotes) Everybody should be interested in access to primary and secondary education for everybody (Paul Farmer Quotes) If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem (Paul Farmer Quotes) Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, that’s where you see the sharp limitations of market-based health care (Paul Farmer Quotes) The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right (Paul Farmer Quotes)

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