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"Disparities are differences that ought not be." - Rev. Kenneth Robinson, MD.  Minister, Physician, Former Commissioner of Health, State of Tennessee.

"For me, an area of moral clarity is" You're in front of someone who's suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act." - Dr. Paul Farmer, cofounder of Partners in Health.

"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of silver and gold." - Mahatma Ghandi

Health disparity looks at the difference in prevalence, morbidity, and mortality of certain diseases comparing the majority with certain groups.   These groups may be categorized by race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, or disability (National Institutes of Health, 2006). 

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