The management of pandemics in India today should be crafted with tact of a public health field expert, built on numbers shared by biostatisticians and war rooms controlled by community health physicians and professional public health experts, beyond national and state capitals. Sitting merely at the capital, being disconnected by voices from the field and giving media statements is not how you handle infectious diseases and disaster risk reduction.

— Dr. Edmond Fernandes

Success of a public health intervention is met by passion & perseverance alone. The victories are made up of microscopic advantages by engaging with stakeholders & taking healthcare to the homes. Of a wise health intervention at one location, of opportune policy making at another, of sick patients support at village door-steps and a consistent translational science at another, of tough global diplomacy, a social determinant approach and extreme patience that no official, no blockade, no provocation and no negligence can shake.

— Dr. Edmond Fernandes

I believe in social progress that at its heart is embedded in morals. There is a right and there is a wrong, and building people around recognizing the difference is crucial to sustainable futures.

— Dr. Edmond Fernandes

Medical practitioners today are not prepared to be climate ready, climate focused, climate resilient as medical textbooks don't teach you to be prepared in this direction. Physicians are told to inspect, palpate and auscultate a human body. We need to drive modern medicine putting patient care at the heart of human development that factors in public health in all specialty approach.

— Dr. Edmond Fernandes

Health systems need to understand that patient care and community health does not work on a merely OPD and in- patient basis. Today's patient is a derivative from social ills built on threat multipliers like a climate and disaster crisis. The human body today is a derivate of a boiling planet with an environmental trigger beyond normal comprehension.

— Dr. Edmond Fernandes

In a world accustomed to war, compassion, kindness, mercy become the new style of leadership our times desperately need. In our wisdom, we must choose & identify talent that echoes such styles.

— Dr. Edmond Fernandes

Fond recollection of historical times, serves to remind us that healthcare is integral to human survival. The problem of hubris & special interests stops the speedy progress of healthcare around the world. Healthcare by all governments must be looked upon with sanctimonious reverence, because healthcare alone is responsible for the column of human progress in manifold ways

— Dr. Edmond Fernandes

Corporate partners with a vision, work hard to negotiate quality and not bargain for commercials. And that is sustainable leadership.

— Dr. Edmond Fernandes