by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Jan 12, 2023 | disease control, health, health care, policy, poverty, public health, Sustainable Development Goals
Lack of micronutrients causes diseases ranging from anemia to stunting in children as well as child mortality and cognitive deficiencies. One key intervention is large-scale food fortification (#LSFF), which adds #micronutrients to food staples such as rice, wheat and...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Jul 29, 2020 | CDC, disease control, funding, health care, policy, public health
29 July 2020 This posting is a brief excerpt of my third article on public health priorities, on funding for the US CDC. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) is the largest player in the disease control world. The US CDC’s total annual...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Jun 25, 2020 | CDC, disease control, health care, policy, public health, WHO
25 June 2020 This posting is an excerpt from my second article in the Public Health Priorities series, Funding for Disease Control. Disease management is suddenly a household topic due to COVID-19. But what are the normal priorities of the World Health Organization...
