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Dr. Tom Frieden is senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is also the president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, a not-for-profit organization partnering ...
Sep 21, 2021 · 614. By Tom Frieden. Dr. Frieden was the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2009 to 2017. This month, President Biden announced a comprehensive plan to reinvigorate ...
Throughout his career, Frieden has been a strong advocate for pandemic preparedness, vaccine equity, and improving public health systems. As a global expert in tuberculosis, tobacco control, and health policy, he served as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2009 to 2017, where he oversaw responses to the H1N1 influenza, Ebola, and Zika epidemics.
May 13, 2021 · “The pandemic is far from over. @TheIndPanel provides an excellent list to address Covid now. That starts with core public health interventions including masks, distancing, avoiding super spreader events, sharing vaccines/vaccine technology & setting focused goals at WHO level. 7/”
Jul 29, 2022 · “The CDC report, which includes demographic and transmission data as well as priority research questions, is great. I hope we’ll start seeing more briefings from them about this data, and that the media will highlight the actual risks of monkeypox to reduce fear and stigma. 9/”
Feb 22, 2021 · Featured topic and speakers. In today’s COVID-19 Update, Tom Frieden, MD, former director of the CDC and president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, discusses the importance of assessing your personal COVID-19 risk and the steps we need to take now to make the world more pandemic-proof. Learn more at the AMA COVID-19 resource center.
Apr 30, 2021 · “mRNA vaccines are also quicker to scale up, and they’re likely safer and more effective. Handling is getting easier, and cold chain problems can be addressed. They’re our best hope for an end to the global pandemic. But current capacity is nowhere near the global need. 8/”
