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.
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.
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You can't have public health without a public health system. We just don't want to be part of a mindless competition for resources. We want to build back capacity in the system.
