#public health

City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#governments #health #measure #only #ought

Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#debates #even #health #mental #mental health

If any country was a mine-shaft canary for the reintroduction of cholera, it was Haiti - and we knew it. And in retrospect, more should have been done to prepare for cholera... which can spread like wildfire in Haiti... This was a big rebuke to all of us working in public health and health care in Haiti. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#been #big #canary #care #cholera

You can't have public health without a public health system. We just don't want to be part of a mindless competition for resources. We want to build back capacity in the system. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#build #capacity #competition #health #just

I am extremely proud of my service with the government and my efforts to help safeguard public health and protect our country against the scourge of offensive biological warfare. ↗

— Steven Hatfill

#am #biological #country #efforts #extremely

The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education, public health, and so on. ↗

— Jose Ramos-Horta

#approval #budget #development #education #following

The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance. ↗

— Jamie Oliver

#children #five #health #left #luck

If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard. ↗

— Nathan Deal

#fda #food #health #information #interest

Half of all women who are sexually active, but do not want to get pregnant, need publicly funded services to help them access public health programs like Medicaid and Title X, the national family planning program. ↗

— Louise Slaughter

#active #family #family planning #funded #get