“Look at the problem of drug-resistant TB in the world. Look at HIV in ...” — Jim Yong Kim Quote

“Look at the problem of drug-resistant TB in the world. Look at HIV in the world. What's going to be required for everybody in the long run is the ability to do complex health interventions in poor settings.”

“If you look at three diseases, the three major killers, HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, the only disease for which we have really good drugs is HIV. And it's very simple: because there's a market in the United States and Europe.”

“My father came by himself across the North Korean border when he was seventeen. And hasn't seen his brothers or sisters or parents since then. And he died some time ago, but never saw any of his relatives. My mother was a refugee in war-torn Korea.”

“A lot has changed since the 1980s, when the United States was a country with one of the greatest numbers of people infected with HIV.”

“In the years when HIV was a killer, any parent of an openly gay person was terrified. I knew my mother well enough that she would spend every day praying that I didn't come across that virus. She'd have worried like that.”

“I think we should put the same weight now on the co-factors as we have on HIV.”