Intro

Here is my public health blog.

I look forward to a career eliminating excess morbidity and mortality in human populations around the world. There are many many ways to do this: medicine, ecological, financial, legal, etc.

Public Health runs the whole spectrum of disciplines. You can easily treat TB on the cellular level with anti-biotics, or you can treat it on the societal levels with "human rights" interventions or prison reform, like we see in Russia.

Especially in "international health" or what can more accurately be called "global health," there seems to be a tendency for practitioners to float compassion and charity as the flag to fly under. I find no problem with that, however, when it is used as a rudder to steer by, I think we get ineffectual programs that end up helping no one and wasting everyone's time and money. Disease doesn't care if you really feel bad for it.

Not too certain what we will talk about. But as always, I welcome your comments, questions and criticisms.