HHS links to global health
- By Dan Caterinicchia, Dan Caterinicchia
- Aug 20, 2001
The Department of Health and Human Services last week announced the launch
of a Web site that addresses the link between U.S. and international health
issues.
The site (www.globalhealth.gov) offers
information on HHS' work on global health problems. It also provides worldwide
health statistics, reports and publications, and links to the department's
global health partners.
The site was developed to be a portal of global health information for
policymakers, researchers, doctors and the general public. HHS' Office of
International and Refugee Health administers the site.
"The global health challenges for this new century are daunting," HHS
Secretary Tommy Thompson said. "These problems require a solution that is
driven by compassion and that includes the very best research, practice
and service from HHS. Because our health, economies and humanitarian values
have become truly global in nature, our responses must likewise be global
in nature."