title: Response to Amir Attaran.
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: McArthur
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Sachs
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schmidt-Traub
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards; D023381:Endpoint Determination; D014943:Global Health; D006040:Goals; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D011203:Poverty; D011786:Quality Control; D014480:United Nations