Atul Gawande on why we still need covid funding
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Today on \\u201cPost Reports,\\u201d the head of global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development, Atul Gawande, on the state of the pandemic and why global vaccination efforts are at risk.
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Today on the show, we hear from national health reporter Dan Diamond about his interview with Atul Gawande, who leads global health at USAID and co-chairs the Biden administration\\u2019s covid-19 task force. He is also an endocrine surgeon, health-care researcher and writer.
Gawande explains his efforts as a Biden administration official to slow the pandemic through global vaccination \\u2014 and how funding for those efforts are at risk.
\\u201cIt isn\'t enough to just bring a bunch of vaccines on the tarmac and say, \\u2018Go,\\u2019\\u201d Gawande says. \\u201cWe need to support their ability to maintain the cold chain, to have workers who can move out into the rural areas.\\u201d Gawande also talks about the state of public health abroad as the war in Ukraine continues.
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