Published on July 21, 2012 at 7:38 AM
"Too few people realize that the health of Americans and the health of people around the world are inextricably linked," Kevin De Cock, director of the Center for Global Health of the CDC, writes in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog. He continues, "In short, investing in global health isn't just about humanitarianism. Cooperation across borders is essential in an increasingly connected world where diseases move as freely as people and products. It is in America's interest to be a true global partner on health" (7/19).
 This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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