I mean we grew up in a TB bus and I became a TB doctor.
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So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.Paul Farmer
At the same time, the fact the world's poor are calling upon us to help is a marker, in my view, of the limitless potential of human solidarity.
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And I can also show you that people from all walks of life agree that someone who is sick deserves, in principle, compassion and care.
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The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not because doctors in these countries have different ideas about what constitutes modern medicine. It's the system and its limitations that are to blame.
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Even die-hard fans of the market acknowledge that TB care should be free. Why Because it's an airborne disease and treatment equals prevention.
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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.
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