Haiti is always talking about decentralization and nothing has been so obvious, perhaps a weakness, as the centralized nature of Haitian society as b….

If you look just at the decades after 1934, you know it's hard to point to really inspired and positive support from outside of Haiti, to Haiti, and ….

But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to be central to public heal….

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 st….

It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate ….

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

God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. You want to see where Christ crucified ….

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

If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem..

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

That's when I feel most alive, when I'm helping people..

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 educat….

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….

lean water and health care and school and food and tin roofs and cement floor, all of these things should constitute a set of basics that people must….

I can't sleep. There's always somebody not getting treatment. I can't stand that..

Haiti was founderd by a righteous revolution in 1804 and became the first black republic. It was the first country to break the chains of slavery, th….

I critique market-based medicine not because I haven't seen its heights but because I've seen its depths..

There is nothing wrong with underlining personal agency, but there is something unfair about using personal responsibility as a basis for assigning b….

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….

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

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 ….