At The Same Time, It Is Obvious

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.

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.

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.

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.

Equity Is The Only Acceptable Goal