“ Transparency is critical in public health and epidemics laypeople become either effective force-multipliers or stubborn walls. T.K. Naliaka
“ Eradicating mosquitoes is a means to an end. An uninfected mosquito is harmless to humans - just a nuisance. An infected mosquito is a danger. T.K. Naliaka
“ If people's night fears of sorcery - which negatively influences their decision to use mosquito nets - fail to impress the outsider, the brute everyday reality remains; in a number of rural African vi… T.K. Naliaka
“ Shovels aren't very glamorous, but they've been liberating entire communities from malaria for the past 5,000 years. T.K. Naliaka
“ Fortunately for the cause of science and of humanity, we had as Governor-General of Cuba at that time General Leonard Wood, of the United States Army. General Wood had been educated as a physician, an… William Crawford Gorgas
“ My dear Gorgas,Instead of being simply satisfied to make friends and draw your pay, it is worth doing your duty, to the best of your ability, for duty’s sake; and in doing this, while the indolent sle… William Crawford Gorgas
“ The case which I reported on September 26, 1901, was really the last which occurred in Havana. Of course we did not know it at the time, but this case marked the first conquest of yellow fever in an e… William Crawford Gorgas
“ But such is the nature of man that as soon as you begin to force him to do a thing, from that moment he begins to seek ways by which he can avoid doing the thing you are trying to force upon him. A ma… William Crawford Gorgas
“ Will Brazilian antigambiae measures succeed in Africa? As time goes by it will almost certainly be found that an increasing number of areas can be cleaned of gambiae and be freed of gambiae-transmitte… Fred Lowe Soper
“ It’s not that easy living with malaria. The reality of the high annual death toll should make that very obvious. T.K. Naliaka
“ He was one of life’s great helpers, for he cleaned up foul places and made them sweet. Thomas W. Martin
“ Amateurs are fond of advising that all practical measures should be postponed pending carrying out detailed researches upon the habits of anophelines, the parasite rate of localities, the effect of mi… Ronald Ross
“ I am sorry for you tonight, Mr. President. You are facing one of the greatest decisions of your career. Upon what you decide depends on whether or not you are going to get your canal. If you fall back… Thomas W. Martin
“ Over a century now after Dr. William Gorgas wiped Yellow Fever out of Havana and Panama, and by that out of an entire continent, and more than half a century after Fred Lowe Soper led the eradication… T.K. Naliaka
“ His was the strong soul, gentle, but tempered with fire, fervent, heroic and good, the helper and friend of mankind. It is such as he who make progress possible. Thomas W. Martin
“ Preferring steady progress, slow and imperfect, is a good philosophy for the defeated. Fred Lowe Soper
“ Eradication represents a complete change of philosophy and a recognition of the equal rights of all citizens to protection from infection, no matter where they live. Eradication, by its very nature, i… Fred Lowe Soper
“ Many ‘experts’ don’t possess the imagination or vision or any of the logistical expertise required to achieve malaria eradication. Their opinions shouldn’t be allowed to hold back men and women who do… T.K. Naliaka
