Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Public Health Quotes
AccountabilityHealthcare WorkersPerformancePublic Health In poor countries, we still need better ways to measure the effectiveness of the many government workers providing health services. They are the crucial link bringing tools such as vaccines and education to the people who need them most. How well trained are they? Are they showing up to work?
BioterrorismPreparednessPublic HealthSecurity Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it.
EconomicsGovernmentHuman HappinessPublic HealthSuffering Reduction Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.
CautionLearning from mistakesPublic HealthResponsibilitySafety I urge people to learn from the mistakes of others. Please drink responsibly and it's never acceptable to drink and drive!
DangerNational SecurityPublic HealthThreat When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.
EpidemicPublic Health The ideal thing would be to have a 100 percent effective AIDS vaccine. And to have broad usage of that vaccine. That would literally break the epidemic.
AwarenessBiodiversityEnvironmental ConservationPublic HealthUrgency I've said this over and over, but I'll say it a million more times - I'm concerned more about the death of a bee than I am about terrorism. Because we're losing hives and bees by the millions because of such strong pesticides.
DiseaseGlobal ImpactMalariaPublic Health The malaria parasite has been killing children and sapping the strength of whole populations for tens of thousands of years. It is impossible to calculate the harm malaria has done to the world.
ChallengeDisease EradicationPublic Health The year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade of work, they realized that, at least in the tropical areas, they did not have the tools to get it done.
HealthcareInequalityPovertyPublic Health In low-income countries, the main problems you have is infectious diseases.
EffectivenessEfficiencyEqualityPublic HealthResource Allocation Some very poor countries run great vaccination systems, and some richer ones run terrible programs.