Georges Benjamin

2 months ago | statnews.com | Georges Benjamin

Now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s two confirmation hearings have concluded on Capitol Hill, we have clear evidence that he is unfit to lead our nation’s largest health agency. Throughout the hearings there was a great focus on his years long efforts to undermine the public’s confidence in vaccines. His advocacy record against vaccines has been exhaustively examined and is clear, unequivocal and beyond dispute.

Sep 26, 2024 | ajph.aphapublications.org | Vincent Guilamo-Ramos |Francis K. Amankwah |Georges Benjamin

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Sep 9, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Georges Benjamin |Jennifer DeVoe |Francis K. Amankwah

Racial and ethnic inequities in health and health care affect individual well-being, contribute to the loss of millions of potential life-years, and cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars annually.1 National attention to these inequities dates to the 19th century after slavery2; more recent efforts include the 1985 Report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Black and Minority Health3 and the 2003 Institute of Medicine Unequal Treatment report.4 Tragically, little progress has been made in...

Mar 28, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Erika Martin |Erika Martiń |Betty Bekemeier |Tekisha Dwan Everette |Georges Benjamin |Lisa Simpson | +1 more

The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the connection between long-term funding and preparedness in the United States. That is, the underfunding of public health, and the lack of system integration and interoperability between health care and public health, exacerbated the pandemic. As a result, the US led the world in COVID-19-related deaths, and we faced the . It also exposed, yet again, the persistent social and structural determinants that lead to health inequities.

Feb 15, 2024 | publichealthnewswire.org | Georges Benjamin

APHA spoke out against this week’s mass shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, calling it “an act of senseless violence.”More than 20 people were injured and one was killed at a Feb. 14 event celebrating the city's recent Super Bowl win. That same day, four high school students were shot outside their school in metropolitan Atlanta and three police officers were shot in Washington, D.C., as they served a warrant for animal cruelty. In a Feb.