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 answerdeliverydesign Change image and share on social
The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right. Paul Farmer equityessenceglobal Change image and share on social
I mean we grew up in a TB bus and I became a TB doctor. Paul Farmer busdoctorgrow Change image and share on social
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 basecareextreme Change image and share on social
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 or even eradicate it, and you act. Paul Farmer actalleviatearea Change image and share on social
I feel it's part of my job to make the problems of the poor compelling. Paul Farmer compelfeeljob Change image and share on social
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 aidchangecountry share on social
I'm one of six kids, and the eight of us lived for over a decade in either a bus or a boat. Paul Farmer boatbusdecade Change image and share on social
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 classculturehiv Change image and share on social
The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically. Paul Farmer humanmedicallyright Change image and share on social