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340 - The Future of the Public Health Workforce after COVID-19
Season 4
Episode 340
Published 5 years, 3 months ago
Description
Epidemiologists, community health workers, laboratory professionals, data analysts, and a whole spectrum of public health workers rose to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, years of underinvestment in public health departments undermined the response. New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about what the pandemic has taught about urgently needed investments in public health workforce.