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Two children drinking water from stream

Precious resource or disease source? Like these Pakistani girls sipping from a polluted canal, hundreds of millions of people worldwide risk disease and death by drinking unsafe water. Bloomberg School researchers are seeking high- and low-tech solutions to the developing world’s liquid dilemma.

“	Our goal has never wavered: great discoveries that have great impact.”
	Alfred Sommer, Dean Emeritus

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	YOU DON'T MISS YOUR WATER 'TIL IT'S GONE Johns Hopkins Center for Water and Health While many worry about “peak oil”—the limits of petroleum production—public health experts are concerned with the availability of a more essential liquid: water... Learn more
	TAMING INFORMATION OVERLOAD Department of Biostatistics In teasing insights about disease and health from genetic samples, researchers use microarray technology to measure the expression of tens of thousands of genes simultaneously... Learn more
	INFINITE POSSIBLITIES William Henry Welch In 1926, the long-held dream of William Henry Welch was transmuted into bricks and mortar at 615 N. Wolfe Street, courtesy of a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation... Learn more
	THE NEXUS OF FOOD AND HEALTH The Center for a Livable Future “The food system is run by people who know nothing about health, and the health system is run by people who know nothing about food.” The words of farmer/philosopher Wendell Berry crystallize the challenge faced by the Center for a Livable Future (CLF)... Learn more
	OF CHICKENS AND LIFE Department of Environmental Health Sciences Ellen Silbergeld never imagined that she would be spending a good amount of time with chickens... Learn more
	SHAPING A LEGACY The Rockefeller Foundation The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health would not exist without philanthropy... Learn more

Quick Facts

Peering into the future is a difficult but essential function of public health. Consider: When Bloomberg School biostatisticians modeled the future of Alzheimer’s disease, they found an astounding 106 million people worldwide will have the disease by 2050. In an aging world, the finding is a clarion call for policymakers and researchers.

Three decades after Alfred Sommer first showed vitamin A could reduce child mortality, researchers are still uncovering its lifesaving benefits. A team led by nutritionists Rolf Klemm, Alain Labrique, Parul Christian and Keith West found that a dose of vitamin A given to infants soon after birth could reduce their risk of death by 15 percent.

More than 5,800 people and 750 foundations and corporations donated to the Bloomberg School’s Knowledge for the World campaign. Their generosity made it possible for the School to establish three chairs, seven professorships and 49 scholarships and fellowships.

The Numbers
4,000 Chemicals in tobacco smoke; 60 known or suspected carcinogens	1 Billion Tobacco-related deaths will occur in the 21st century.

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The Fabric of Public Health

Vision

Video Gallery

Highlights

YOU DON'T MISS YOUR WATER 'TIL IT'S GONE

TAMING INFORMATION OVERLOAD

INFINITE POSSIBLITIES

THE NEXUS OF FOOD AND HEALTH

OF CHICKENS AND LIFE

SHAPING A LEGACY

Quick Facts

The Numbers

4,000

1 Billion

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