American - Educator | October 26, 1959 -
I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda.
Paul Farmer
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I feel it's part of my job to make the problems of the poor compelling.
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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.
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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.
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Everybody should be interested in access to primary and secondary education for everybody.
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