David Nabarro Quotes

Pandemic influenza is by nature an international issue; it requires an international solution.

We have seen SARS stopped dead in its tracks.

If you find diseases before they've really emerged, you can control them early on, before you get a major epidemic.

The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States has caused some to call on the United States to ban travel for anyone from the countries in West Africa facing the worst of the Ebola epidemic. That response is understandable. It's only human to want to protect ourselves and our families.

As demonstrated by the emergence of the Mexican swine flu in the U.S., infectious diseases have little respect for borders; helping developing countries detect and deal with their diseases is the surest way for us to protect ourselves from new and potentially devastating epidemics.

Congress did the right thing with Ebola. They funded us to protect Americans and keep us safer.

In 2015, El Salvador suffered nearly 50,000 cases of dengue. Cuba had 1641 cases, no deaths, and one of the lowest incidence rates in the Americas.

The Ebola epidemic was the most frightening outbreak I have witnessed in my lifetime, and I believe it was necessary to react globally as strongly as we did.

I need to be on the same page as the director.

I've had to confront a lot of pandemics and infectious diseases around the globe.

All the small things matter. Communication. It doesn't matter what you are doing. You have to be on the same page.

The CDC is an integral part of our community and on the frontlines of our pandemic response, and we must continue to give them more tools to help keep our families safe and healthy.

Health system development is a key to effective detection, response, and control of any outbreak.

The fruits of philosophy are the important thing, not the philosophy itself. When we ask the time, we don't want to know how watches are made.

When typhus or cholera breaks out, they tell us that Nobody is to blame. That terrible Nobody! How much he has to answer for. More mischief is done by Nobody than by all the world besides.

We feel confident that there won't be an outbreak.

I believe it’s not only possible to eradicate malaria; I believe it’s necessary. Ultimately, the cost of controlling it endlessly is not sustainable. The only way to stop this disease is to end it forever.

Disease is a non-partisan problems that requires a non-partisan solution.

Disagreement is a rare achievement, and most of what is called disagreement is simply confusion.

Someday you're going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.

Keeping a journal of what's going on in your life is a good way to help you distill what's important and what's not.

We've all got to get on the same page.

I don't think labels are as important as results.

[AIDS ] is not a short-term emergency but it is something that, just like smallpox was many decades ago, we should aim for complete eradication.

One important role for the city is to conduct studies to document areas of greatest need, and to facilitate coordination between our public and private transportation options to weave it into a dense tapestry of accessible and reliable transportation.