- To make big changes you need to start changing one small thing at a time. At times this approach might not seem practical nor the outcome remotely plausible
- In contrast to solving 80% of the problem and giving up totally on the 20%
- Serving the poor is more important than soothing your own ego
- Learn to accept constant failure and set backs
- To make changes, you need to understand the local culture and context so as to make changes from within
- Epidemics of the illness usually occur after social upheavals, in the ensuing overcrowding, poor hygiene, and malnutrition. Medicine is a social science and politics is medicine on a large scale
- Cuba (a poor country) has the best health resource per capita
Book references
- Pathologies of Power