Robert W. Blum, MD, PhD, MPH,professor and chair of the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, says that public health is different from other scientific ventures. To Blum, public health must go beyond understanding science to taking action that can improve health.
Family Planning: An Invisible Issue? In Johns Hopkins Public Health Professor Amy Tsui asks: "Are the lives of 108 million women at risk of unwanted pregnancies each year less important thatn the 2.5 million people who may acquire HIV this year?"
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