Tedros Adhanom Quotes

During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development.

Scaling up community health workers and health system capacity must be a fundamental component of our efforts to achieve universal health coverage, which will be my topmost priority if elected as Director-General.

Universal health coverage is an ambitious goal, but it is one that can create a healthier and more equitable world for all people. It means a child reaches adulthood, and adults lead healthier lives regardless of who they are and where they live.

Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education.

I believe health care is a civil right.

Make health care a right, not a privilege.

Creative new health strategies like micro-insurance for poor people or Kangaroo care for pre-term babies are transforming health outcomes in even the most low-resource settings. Dedication and innovation are transforming health care worldwide.

By giving every American access to quality, affordable health care, they will create a more competitive, a stronger and more secure America!

I believe the most important aspect of Medicare is not the structure of the program but the guarantee to all Americans that they will have high quality health care as they get older.

After decades of false starts, we must make this our most urgent priority, giving every American health security, health care that can never be taken away, health care that is always there.

Health care is a fundamental right of all citizens, not simply a commodity available to the highest bidder.

We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege.

I will fight every day to protect the health of our communities, to provide comprehensive care for our women and our mothers, to defend coverage for those who have pre-existing conditions, and to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable, quality health care.

We need more access to quality health care, not less.

What I favor is that we have health care access to people that is not income based. We have to have health care that is acceptable and it's going to come in a number of forms.

We need a cost-effective, high-quality health care system, guaranteeing health care to all of our people as a right.

How do we crate a quality health care system that is universal?

In America, health care must be a right and not a privilege.

Quality health care services must be accessible and affordable for all - not just those in certain ZIP codes or tax brackets.

I have worked very, very hard over the course of my time in Congress to make sure that everybody does get access to quality, affordable, accessible health care.

Health care should be a right; it should never be a privilege. We should have Medicare for all in this country.

Health care is a human right, and single-payer health care will deliver quality, affordable care to every Illinoisan.

The Affordable Care Act was passed in large part because of recognition that our nation's health care system is not working. The act is not perfect, but it is a starting point, and we have been using it to improve the health of Coloradans.

Since the days of Harry Truman, Democrats have wanted universal health coverage, believing that if other industrialized countries can achieve it, surely the United States can. For Democrats, universal coverage speaks to America's sense of decency and compassion. Democrats also believe that it will lead to a healthier and more productive country.

The American public believes that health care is a right and not a commodity.