We join you in hoping Johns Hopkins? brand new Center for Global Health is the first of many multidisciplinary health centers around the country and the world.
It joins the work of the Bloomberg School of Public Health, School of Medicine and School of Nursing to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, flu and other worldwide health threats.
Developing drugs is only one part of the solution to eliminating and managing these diseases. With the real threat of an avian flu outbreak in the United States, creating a coordinated plan for educating the public about health risks and managing a crisis is imperative.
Contagious diseases don?t exist in a vacuum. When they infect someone, they can disrupt entire communities. To ensure that Baltimoreand the U.S. can prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases and respond effectively when they happen, we need the best public health minds working together.
