Bruce Aylward Quotes

We had a case confirmed yesterday which reaffirms there has been regular exposure of Somalia to the virus, probably from Yemen. - Bruce Aylward

This is the light at the end of the tunnel. The world can be polio-free in another 12 to 18 months everywhere, and the poorest countries in the world are committed to turning this around. - Bruce Aylward

These are some of the poorest countries with the weakest health indicators in the world. People are pretty cynical when they look at Africa, but these countries have turned it around. - Bruce Aylward

There will not be a new target for the eradication of polio. Every country in the world could stop polio by the end of 2005 save Nigeria. Basically the world, at the start of 2006, will look at who is late, and work to make that process move faster. - Bruce Aylward

The Islamic world took a real beating because of what the clerics did in northern Nigeria, ... Islamic countries should be praised for doing so much to bring the spread of polio back under control. - Bruce Aylward

The hajj period is important because of the large number of movements of people from around the world into one location. - Bruce Aylward

The critical thing at this point in the avian flu epidemic is to prevent human exposure to the virus, to prevent human cases, if they've not already occurred. - Bruce Aylward

Now it's simply (about) getting the financial resources to get this thing finished. You'll never get another chance like this. - Bruce Aylward

It would take a small miracle to get us across the line by the end of 2005 in northern Nigeria, ... Everywhere else could still finish. - Bruce Aylward

If that child is a message in a bottle, ... it has just washed up on shore. - Bruce Aylward

Page 1 of 2

Next -> Last ->>