“Cancer may kill you, but when you look at the numbers, arthritis ruins more lives.” Quote by Kevin R. Stone
“As many times as [HIV] changes its clothes, it's still wearing the same socks, and now our job is to make sure we get the body to really hate those socks.” StillsBodyJobsHateClothesHealthcareHivSock Author:Seth Berkley
“As variable as flu is, HIV makes flu look like the Rock of Gibraltar. The virus that causes AIDS is the trickiest pathogen scientists have ever confronted.” LooksCausesRocksScientistAidsHealthcareVirusesHivFluVariablesPathogens Author:Seth Berkley
“The best vaccine imaginable is only valuable to the extent we get it to everyone who needs it.” NeedsValuableHealthcareVaccines Author:Seth Berkley
“This seems counterintuitive, but turns out that as infant mortality is reduced, population sizes also decrease, because parents don't need to anticipate that their babies are going to die.” NeedsSeemsDiesTurnsParentBabySizePopulationMortalityHealthcareInfantAnticipateDecreaseInfant Mortality Author:Jane Chen
“I think the eyeball is the same, [in] an American or African. The problem is the same, the treatment is the same. Yet why should there be so much variation in quality and in service?” ThinkingShouldProblemQualityTreatmentHealthcareVariationEyeballs Author:Thulasiraj Ravilla
“I'm not saying [economic] growth is wrong, but throughout the years of growth, many things didn't get better. ... If you look at America, the proportion of Americans with no one to talk to about important things went up from a tenth to a quarter.” IfsYearsLooksImportantAmericaGrowthEconomicImportant ThingsGet BetterProportionQuartersHealthcareEconomic Growth Author:Geoff Mulgan
“So many low income people have seen so many failed promises broken and seen so many quacks and sporadic medicines offered to them that building trust takes a lot of time, takes a lot of patience.” PeopleBuildingBrokenPromiseLowsMedicineIncomeHealthcareQuacksLow IncomeBuilding TrustSporadic Author:Jacqueline Novogratz
“At no time in history have we succeeded in making, in a timely fashion, a specific vaccine for more than 260 million people.” PeopleMillionsFashionHealthcareVaccinesTimely Author:Laurie Garrett
“When I first arrived in beautiful Zimbabwe, it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population is HIV positive. It really wasn't until I was invited to the homes of people that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic.” PeopleFirstsHumansHomeBeautifulDifficultPercentPopulationHealthcareInvitedHivEpidemicsTollsZimbabweHiv Positive Author:Kristen Ashburn
“There are very few things you can really do [to promote] healthy aging ... and none of these things include an insurance system or a legal system. All those things do is change who pays.” PayHealthyAgingHealthcareLegal System Author:Alan Russell