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In February 2015, technical staff reviewed the results from a jointly conducted study on malaria control. This study had major implications for malaria in Zambia—and elsewhere. The preliminary analysis strongly suggested that the study’s Mass Drug…

In 2007, Dr. Mark Horton took over as the head of the new California Department of Public Health (CDPH), at time when the governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, had already identified obesity as a prevention priority in his health care reform proposal.…

In April 2003, Dr. Julio Frenk, the Minister of Health of Mexico, prepared for the debate on his health reform bill to begin in the Senate. Since becoming Minister of Health in President Vicente Fox’s administration in 2000, Dr. Frenk had worked…

Mr. Joseph Nkosi, the Manager of the Lesedi District Health Department, South Africa, was hopeful that he could bring increased resources and better health to the area. Lesedi District, one of about 50 districts in 9 provinces in South Africa, was a…