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Paul Farmer Quotes

Paul Farmer quotes

American Educator October 26, 1959

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But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think of when I think of activists. Paul Farmer
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. Paul Farmer
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
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
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. Paul Farmer
Haiti was founderd by a righteous revolution in 1804 and became the first black republic. It was the first country to break the chains of slavery, the first to force Emperor Napoleon to retreat, and the only to aid Simn Bolvar in his struggle to liberate the indigenous people and slaves of Latin America from their colonial oppressors. Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer quote: "I think that looking forward it's easy to imagine more..."
I think that looking forward it's easy to imagine more constructive help for Haiti. Paul Farmer
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
There is nothing wrong with underlining personal agency, but there is something unfair about using personal responsibility as a basis for assigning blame while simultaneously denying those who are being blamed the opportunity to exert agency in their lives Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer quote: "It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people..."
It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country. Paul Farmer
I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not a scientist and am focused on the short-term - what will happen in the interim. Paul Farmer
Since I do not believe that there should be different recommendations for people living in the Bronx and people living in Manhattan, I am uncomfortable making different recommendations for my patients in Boston and in Haiti. Paul Farmer
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. Paul Farmer
It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care. Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer quote: "I'm not an austere person."
I'm not an austere person. Paul Farmer

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