Occupation: Medical Anthropologist Birth: October 26, 1959
In an age of explosive development in the realm of medical technology, it is unnerving to find that the discoveries of Salk, Sabin, and even Pasteur ….
I feel it's part of my job to make the problems of the poor compelling..
I've been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments of Haitian villagers have been proven to be correct ….
The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis in Hai….
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 think, sometimes, that I'm going nuts, and that perhaps there is something good about blocking clean water for those who have none, making sure tha….
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 ….
Some people talk about Haiti as being the graveyard of development projects..
I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda..
We want to be on the winning team, but at the risk of turning our backs on the losers, no, it is not worth it. So we fight the long defeat..
The model of the teaching hospital, which links research to teaching and service is what's missing in global health..
For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering o….
WL’s [White Liberals] think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don’t believe that. There’s a lot to be said for….
We've taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS, malaria - in four countries. We've scored some vict….
I critique market-based medicine not because I haven't seen its heights but because I've seen its depths..
It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country..
People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be..
60% of workers surveyed said if their employer took action to support the mental wellbeing of all staff, they would feel more loyal, motivated, commi….
Equity is the only acceptable goal.
Since I do not believe that there should be different recommendations for people living in the Bronx and people living in Manhattan, I am uncomfortab….
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.