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This four-part documentary series, reveals a little-known truth: that public health saved your life today and you probably don’t even know it. But while public health makes modern life possible, the work itself is often underfunded, undervalued, and misunderstood.
“Public health saved your life today and you don't even know it.”
Geoff Manaugh
Self
Steven Johnson
Self
Brian Castrucci
Self
Lauren Gardner
Self
Sonia Shah
Self
Abigail Hawk
Self
Joshua Sharfstein
Self
John Lumpkin
Self
Georges Benjamin
Self
Caitlin Rivers
Self
2024
History repeats itself. It’s not the first time the world has had to deal with a pandemic, and the push highlights how the public health sector had to go back to work.
Data has been an essential public health tool since at least the seventeenth century. Helping the world understand and mitigate the spread of disease, data has helped us make sense of the threats to our collective health.
Public health officials face disinformation, skepticism of science, and distrust in government as they begin vaccinating the public against COVID. Historical injustices and inequities lead to apprehension, forcing public health to refine its approach.
With all the challenges the public health sector faces, and life expectancy declining, how will a committed next generation of public health workers going overcome these obstacles?
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