Anne Foster Quotes

They are afraid to walk four hours on a footpath to a clinic and maybe find nobody there, or they will try to get to a regional hospital and, because of the distance, there will be a critical delay in care... They prefer home delivery. The risk of dying is very invisible. - Anne Foster

There are several levels of problems... The status of women is a big issue. The long-term solution is education for women that I can't provide -- that's a 100-year plan. - Anne Foster

The last thing we want to do is impose our world view... But we help them to think through new, creative ways to overcome geographic or bureaucratic barriers to care. - Anne Foster

In Latin America, there tend to be enough rural health centers and enough hospitals, but there aren't enough rural health centers providing basic emergency care... It's a problem of distribution. - Anne Foster

In Guatemala, there is a large indigent community... That's why you see higher death rates. - Anne Foster

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