Paul Farmer Quotes

If any country was a mine-shaft canary for the reintroduction of cholera, it was Haiti – and we knew it. And in retrospect, more should have been done to prepare for cholera… which can spread like wildfire in Haiti… This was a big rebuke to all of us working in public health and health care in Haiti.

I think that looking forward it’s easy to imagine more constructive help for Haiti.

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn’t be such a big deal.