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. Paul Farmer educationhealthpublic Change image and share on social
Some people talk about Haiti as being the graveyard of development projects. Paul Farmer developmentgraveyardhaiti Change image and share on social
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 when the historical record is probed carefully. Paul Farmer carefullycommentconspiratorial Change image and share on social
The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis in Haiti, they're major problems in Haiti, but the biggest problem is rebuilding systems. Paul Farmer bigchallengecholera share on social
I've been working in Haiti 28 years - I thought I'd sort of seen it... I've gone through a number of coups, the storms of 2008, I thought, you know, that I'd seen things as bad as they were going to get, and I was wrong. Paul Farmer badcouphaiti share on social
The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not because doctors in these countries have different ideas about what constitutes modern medicine. It's the system and its limitations that are to blame. Paul Farmer badblameconstitute 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
I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory. Paul Farmer catholicismimpactintellectually Change image and share on social
