How the Public Health service became what it is today is really the story of Public Health in america, a story that is still unfolding. Throughout the years, the Public Health service has fought its battles in plague ridden cities and in the corridors of power in washington. Todays public agencies are challenged by an everchanging orld and they respond. The centers for Disease Control and prevention strive to protect citizens from infectious and nonInfectious Diseases. The Health Resources and Services Administration supports the training of Health Professionals and sends them to underserved areas. The National Institutes of health conduct basic research on diseases such as aids. The food and Drug Administration hastens the approval process to bring new drugs to the public. The Substance Abuse and mental Health Services Administration Provides services for mental, behavioral, and addictive disorders. The healthrelated concerns connected with Hazardous Waste are increasingly important.
I would also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us today, david blight. One of our panelists. Opportunity tois say how proud we are to count david among our trustees at New York Historical. I want to recognize laura washington and mercedes franklin, who are cochairs of our Frederick Douglass counsel. Of course, welcome all members who have joined up today. Who have joined up today. [applause] and i want to recognize a if not, my colleagues are going up and down the aisles with notecards and pencils. The notecards will be collected later on in the program. There will be a book signing following the program this morning. The book signing will take place right outside these central doors in the smith gallery. Copies of the books are available for purchase at our ny History Museum store, which is located to my left on the 77th street side. We are really, truly delighted to welcome our guest speakers. David blight, professor of American History and director of th
Its fullness in eternity, we bring our petitions to you using some of his final words. Bless the members of this peoples house and those in authority on all levels of society with wisdom and courage to address the unholy oppression that awaits so many of our brothers and sisters of color. May there be a new creative way of establishing Something Like Community Policing that peace and security might be enjoyed where we live. O lord, do we dare to consider the power of nonviolence in our homes, our communities, our nation, and perhaps in leadership for our world. Might we truly be called, if not challenged, to beat our swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks so that nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall we learn war anymore. And as we are reminded, the greatest expression of nonviolent challenge to injustice is the vote. Bless all efforts to secure access to the ballot for all american citizens. Help us, o lord, to answer the highest calling of our he
World many of us were concerned about whether we would become infected some said its as bad as the flu others predicted worse then news about Health Systems being overwhelmed and bodies piling up started to emerge that gave us a bleak picture but its not the picture everywhere mortality rates in cattle in singapore are below 0 point one percent among the worlds lowest the gulf nations mortality rate is 0. 07 percent 12 deaths out of more than 16000. 00 cases in singapore its 0. 093 percent of more than 1009000 infections experts say testing the availability of hospital beds and population age 3 critical factors yet singapores outbreak is the biggest in Southeast Asia and cassava as the 2nd highest number of cases in the arab world although the curve is beginning to flatten out. Number of cases has gone up but thats only natural and i believe that actually its a result of our very strong testing measures so as youve seen we are testing a lot and cut out so weve been testing approximatel
The chances are you have never seen his boy before but you have seen many like him. His name is harris. Johnny harris. He is in the seventh grade. The disease that made him a cripple is no stranger. Polio, a Communicable Disease. It was poliomyelitis, a Communicable Disease. Encephalitis. Rocky mountain spotted fever. Ringworm. Infectious diarrhea. Typhus. Malaria. Influenza. Communicable diseases. Where do they come from and how do they spread. Many diseases like tuberculosis, poliomyelitis and influenza spread from persontoperson to person. Some diseases spread by other means. Rats may carry typhus. Mice may cause dysentery. Mosquitoes bring malaria, encephalitis. Rocky mountain fever, relaxing fever. Flies carry typhoid. Fleas carried you bionic plague. Some diseases spread through contaminated meat or food. Raw milk may cause diphtheria. Polluted water. Every year hundreds of thousands of people contract diseases and suffer from Communicable Diseases and many die of preventable inf