The future of public health microbiology has arrived
I've read the 2021 article written by David Betts, Randolph Gordon, Claire Boozer Cruse, and Alison Muckle Egizi entitled " The future of public health ". It says that there are six mutually reinforcing dimensions in the future of public health; among which are health equity, the robustness and responsiveness of the workforce, a shared value proposition, shared real-time data, funding towards the promotion of disease prevention and wellness promotion, and ecosystem of public health laboratories that have a universally correct data. While listening to the discussions during the annual California Association of Public Health Laboratory Directors (CAPHLD) meeting, I was blown away by the technical advances that had occurred and what the state's public health laboratories could do in such a short amount of time and with limited resources. I also became under the impression that the future of public health has arrived. View this post on Instagram A p...