Quotes for All
The president recognizes that funding global health is good for national security, domestic health and global diplomacy. Consequently, President Obama has steadily increased funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, which was created by President Bush and has strong bipartisan support. Ezekiel Emanuel
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. Fannie Lou Hamer
I do normal kind of contributions, particularly for people who are going over to Africa and help highlighting global health, and that’s tended to be pretty bipartisan in nature because of the coalition there exists fortunately around these global health issues. But I don’t think my backing, putting a lot of money into political contributions … Read more
The huge turnout for Live 8 here and around the world proves that thanks to the leadership from people like Tony Blair and Gordon Brown the world is beginning to demand more action on global health and poverty. Bill Gates
If somebody is considering being willing to go out and work in the field in global health, those are a particular class of heroes because it’s hard to work in those places. Our foundation gets so many of our learnings from people who’ve been out there and seen, “this tool is not going to work … Read more
Our work in global health is about things like cutting childhood deaths, and every year we continue to make progress there. Bill Gates
Climate change, demographics, water, food, energy, global health, women’s empowerment – these issues are all intertwined. We cannot look at one strand in isolation. Instead, we must examine how these strands are woven together. Ban Ki-moon
Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight. Ban Ki-moon
Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth… these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women’s empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all. Ban Ki-moon
We all want to be honest and draw lessons from the past, the WHO is the only international organization that has universal political legitimacy on global health issues. This is why it’s so important to render its structures more efficient. Angela Merkel