Edward Burnett Tylor Quotes

We've gone from a preponderance of acute and infectious disease as a source of premature death to chronic diseases, which are the preponderance of the burden of illness in most of the world. That puts a much higher premium on the prevention of chronic disease than ever in history.

Infectious diseases have become less prominent as causes of death and disability in regions of improved sanitation and adequate supplies of antibiotics.

According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world.

Ninety percent of the cases of polio are in security-vulnerable areas.

Keeping children alive and free of disease is not a political issue and cannot be put into a partisan box.

Eighty percent of Americans with HIV do not know they are infected.

You can have an epidemic in a state. You can have it in a region. You can have it in a country where the critical level of disease passes a certain threshold, and we call that an 'epidemic threshold.'

In large part, thanks to widespread immunization, the number of young children dying each year has declined significantly, from approximately 14 million in 1979 to slightly less than eight million in 2010.

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If you want to know the value of vaccines, just spend some time in a clinic in Africa. The faces of the mothers and fathers say it all: vaccines prevent illness and save lives.

We live in a world at constant risk of public health emergencies. In our increasingly interconnected world, public health emergencies can affect anyone, anywhere.

It's now evident that public health is part of national security.

Flu is easily transmitted, so if you are working with sick people - who are most at risk for getting seriously ill - you ought to be vaccinated. I am not really equipped to say whether it should be the law or not.

The fight against HIV/AIDS cannot be won unless countries take ownership of protecting and supporting the health of communities both near and far.

Banning smoking in vehicles with children in them will help protect them from the misery of smoking-related diseases, from cancer to asthma and emphysema.

I speak often about my personal experiences with malaria in the field as a young public health officer because it had such a profound impact on my life and my work.

Many science people feel groups like WHO are there to do a job and not to be dealt with in a political way.

Dealing with the health of people is more important than political considerations.

In spite of the tireless efforts of our scientist, it is possible that we may never find a successful coronavirus vaccine.

I don't think people really take pneumonia seriously when they hear it. But people really die from pneumonia: kids, older people, even just regular-aged people. They just die from pneumonia.

The border patrol gave us a list of the diseases that they're concerned about, and Ebola was one of those.

The air pollution in Delhi has become a matter of public health concern nationally and internationally.

Those people who get the flu shot not only protect themselves from getting the flu or reducing their likelihood of developing the flu, but those around them.

Two things I have never done and never plan to do are catch Coronavirus or meet Jelly Nutella in person.

In the ongoing effort to combat Ebola, more needs to be done to rewrite the public-health narrative. It must move from one that has been infused with fear to one that recognizes the hope for survival that supportive care can offer infected people.