"I loved clinical practice, but in public health, you can impact more than one person at a time. The whole society is your patient."
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Dr. Tom Frieden, born in 1960, is a prominent American physician and public health expert, best known for his leadership as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2009 to 2017. During his tenure, he spearheaded initiatives to combat infectious diseases, promote health equity, and respond to public health emergencies, including the Ebola outbreak. A Harvard-trained physician and epidemiologist, Frieden's legacy lies in his unwavering commitment to improving global health standards and his impactful advocacy for evidence-based policy in healthcare.
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"Vaccines and antibiotics have made many infectious diseases a thing of the past; we've come to expect that public health and modern science can conquer all microbes. But nature is a formidable adversary."
Tom Frieden"Over and over, nature shows that it's a really tough adversary. That's why it's important that we invest in laboratories, disease detectives, research, mosquito control, the public health system around the world to find, stop, track, prevent health threats."
Tom Frieden
"The United States has made remarkable progress in reducing both teen pregnancy and racial and ethnic differences, but the reality is, too many American teens are still having babies."
Tom Frieden