The Global Role of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services: A Historical Perspective (HHS Only)

Please join Secretary Sebelius for this inaugural address of the Secretary’s Global Health and Human Services Lecture Series. Dr. Foege, whose history at HHS goes back to the early days of smallpox eradication, will speak about the Department’s evolving role in global health and the importance of our global work in protecting and advancing the health of Americans as well as all the world's citizens. Dr. Foege is a distinguished epidemiologist and civil servant who is credited with devising the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox in the 1970s—the first, and so far only, infectious disease of humans that has been eradicated by human undertakings—as well as the architect of the River Blindness eradication effort. In 2012, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama, the highest civilian award in the United States. Air date: 1/10/2013 3:00:00 PM
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