Word: satcher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Claire V. Broom, M.D., a former colleague of his at the CDC, Satcher has been effective in making minority healthcare a national concern...
...idea is a balanced approach where we emphasize [such things as] physical activity and nutrition and responsible sexual behavior," Satcher says. "We don't support physical education in schools, parks and safe walking trails in schools, parks and safe walking trails in communities, and yet we spend a lot of money treating people after they are sick...
...Satcher's platform also includes increasing immunization rates and cancer-screening--projects he also promoted...
...Satcher's third goal has been to globalize healthcare by spreading the American vision of disease treatment and prevention around the world...
...Health problems are not limited by national borders," Satcher says...