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Joanne Liu
Joanne Liu
Canadian Scientist
Born: Nov 4, 1965
Always Care Life Me People You
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Sometimes in your career, you are at the right place at the right moment. But you have to be aware that eventually you may no longer be the right person for that position. So build your succession and foster for it while you are still at the peak of you career. Joanne Liu
You Right Person Sometimes Build Right Moment Right Place Longer Still Person May Place While Succession Your Moment Foster Aware Eventually Peak Right Career Position
People inspire me. Every day, I meet amazing individuals in the field. When I see a mother who has walked for three weeks to come to a MSF clinic, with two kids on her back and her belongings on her head, facing intimidation and physical abuse on her way, I am inspired by her resilience - her desire for life. Joanne Liu
Life Day Me Every Day People Inspire Mother Amazing Three Field Every Meet Back Way Intimidation Kids Physical See Facing Inspired Weeks Head Individuals Abuse Come Am Clinic Walked Who Her Resilience Desire Two
Our humanitarian aid system is sick and needs to be fixed. It needs to get a reality check and get back humanity. Joanne Liu
Needs Reality Humanity Sick Aid Back Our System Check Fixed Get Humanitarian
The unspoken thing, the elephant in the room, is the war against terrorism, it's tainting everything. Joanne Liu
War Terrorism Everything Unspoken Against Room Elephant Thing
People say I'm tough and too blunt. I'm a product of my organization. MSF is a blunt, tough, no-nonsense organization. Joanne Liu
People Organization Tough Too Say People Say Blunt Product
I'm completely allergic to being politically correct. Joanne Liu
Allergic Correct Politically Politically Correct Being
The effects of the attacks against health facilities emanate far beyond those immediately killed and injured. They demolish routine and lifesaving health care for all. They make life impossible. Full stop. Joanne Liu
Life Health Impossible Care Emanate Immediately Those Facilities Attacks Beyond Make Health Care Demolish Effects Stop Against Far Full Injured Routine
When I was 13, I read 'Et la paix dans le monde, Docteur?' a physician's account of working with Medecins Sans Fontieres during the Soviet presence in Afghanistan. It was this book that inspired me to work for MSF. Joanne Liu
Work Me Book Physician Inspired Read La Account Soviet Afghanistan Working Presence
I am absolutely convinced there should be financial and political incentives for states to declare. You shouldn't be the pariah of the world if you say you have Ebola, but in reality this is what happens. Joanne Liu
You Reality World Financial Political Say States Absolutely Am Happens Declare Convinced Should Incentives
Nations don't have friends; they have interests. The best motivation for a state to act if it is remote from an epidemic is if its own security is at risk. Joanne Liu
Best Own State Security Risk Remote Motivation Friends Nations Epidemic Interests Act
I worked in Syria on the front lines, and you hear the plane, you hear the shell is dropping, you realize it's not on you - 'Good' - and then you see the patients coming in and take care of them. And then you have down time. With Ebola, it seems there's no down time. It seems you're always at the front line; you're always exposed. Joanne Liu
Time Good You Care Down Syria See Seems Take Take Care Dropping Shell Always Coming Line Hear Lines Front Front Line Front Lines Patients Them Plane Realize Then Worked Exposed

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