...in A World Riven By Inequity, Medicine

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.

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.

Civil And Political Rights Are Critical, But Not Often The Real Problem For The Destitute Sick. My Patients In Haiti Can Now Vote But They Can't Get Medical Care Or Clean Water.

I Think, Sometimes, That I'm Going Nuts, And That Perhaps There Is Something Good About Blocking Clean Water For Those Who Have None, Making Sure That Illiterate Children Remain So, And Preventing The Resuscitation Of The Public Health Sector In The Country Most In Need Of It. Lunacy Is What It Is.

The Essence Of Global Health Equity Is The Idea That Something So Precious As Health Might Be Viewed As A Right.