Dr. Howard Koh is a physician, the former assistant secretary for health in the Obama administration, and professor of the practice of public health leadership at the Harvard T.H. State and local public health officials must also assure that satellite clinic staff receive special training to achieve broadscale implementation of CDC best practices. FundingState and local public health efforts, hollowed out by years of budget cuts, cannot always be expected to do more with less. Ending the pandemic requires revitalizing a public health infrastructure that has been stretched too thin for too long. But any chance for a healthy new year requires that public health officials first get their own shot in the arm of resources and support.

Source: CNN December 28, 2020 17:28 UTC