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
So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable. Paul Farmer arguebasiccare Change image and share on social
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 americanfutureglobal share on social
Everybody should be interested in access to primary and secondary education for everybody. Paul Farmer accesseducationinterest 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
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
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
