Since the beginning of the year, the US has had an avian influenza outbreak (70 cases in humans) and measles cases in 25 states. Outbreaks (3 or more cases) in at least three of those states have been linked, and have also spread to Mexico. Measles cases in Canada have been linked to ones seen in Indiana. But Global health is not only communicable diseases.
When we decided upon the topic of “Global Health in an Interconnected World” for the first DJPH issue of 2025, the United States had not yet cut funding to USAID, which in turn funds HIV/AIDS programs, maternal health programs, and famine tracking programs in Africa and Asia.3 President Trump had not yet made the first steps to withdraw from the World Health Organization, keeping the US out of pandemic preparations and keeping our scientists from learning about the suggested flu vaccines for the coming respiratory illness season.
Table of Contents
3 | In This Issue: Global Health in an Interconnected World
Omar A. Khan, M.D., M.H.S. & Katherine Smith, M.D., M.P.H.
4 | Public Health Funding Cuts in Delaware
Kate Smith, M.D., M.P.H.
5 | The Nation’s Health
6 | Global Health in an Interconnected World: Opportunities and Challenges
Omar A. Khan, M.D., M.H.S.
10 | Food is Medicine: The Effectiveness of Delaware’s Feeding Families Program in Managing Chronic Conditions
John Oluwadero, B.Pharm, M.A.; Lydia De Leon, L.P.C.M.H., N.C.C.; Megan Falgowski, R.D.; Eunice Holman; Nicole Kennedy, M.P.P.; Maggie Norris-Bent, M.P.A.; Heather Patosky, M.B.A.; Ruthann Richardson, R.D.; Mia Seibold; Tara Tracy; Megan Werner, M.D.; Samuel VanHorne, Ph.D.; Allison Karpyn, Ph.D.
19 | DPH Bulletin – January 2025
22 | HIV Prevention in Delaware: A Local and Global Public Health Crisis
Suzan Abdallah, M.B.B.S., M.P.H.
24 | Global Health Literacy: Delaware and Beyond!
Greg O’Neill, M.S.N., A.P.R.N., A.G.C.N.S.-B.C., N.P.D.-B.C., N.E.A.-B.C.
26 | DPH Bulletin – February 2025
28 | Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance by Changing Our Relationships with Microbes: Lessons from Japan
Melissa K. Melby, Ph.D., M.Phil.; Kohei Watanabe, Ph.D., M.Phil.; Louis-Patrick Haraoui, M.D., M.Sc.
34 | Fogarty International – Global Health Matters
50 | Measles is Just a Harbinger
Catherine Troisi, Ph.D.
54 | DPH Bulletin – March 2025
58 | Reflections on Global Health
Anand Panwalker, M.D., M.A.C.P., F.I.D.S.A.
60 | The Importance of a Systems Approach to Health Workforce Wellbeing
Maureen Leffler, D.O., M.P.H. & Kathryn Godfrey, Ph.D.
64 | Voice of a Shadow: Reflections on Wellbeing
Mark D. Mason, Ph.D., M.Ed., C.G.P.
66 | A Suitcase Full of Hope and a Heart Full of Service
Prishu Gaire
68 | Emerging Autochthonous Transmission of Travel-Associated Vector-Borne Infections in the Continental United States
Steven Duncan, M.D. & Stephen Eppes, M.D.
72 | DPH Bulletin – April 2025
78 | When the Lifeline Frays: Why Global Health Must Invest in Systems, Not Band-Aids
Shaukat A. Khan, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Mary Katelyn Kosinski, M.S.; & Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H.
80 | American Cancer Society – HPV Vaccination Communications Toolkit
98 | Sustaining the Fight: Maintaining HIV Service Funding in Delaware
Christopher Moore & Tyler Berl
100 | Updates on Disease-Modifying Therapy for Alzheimer’s Dementia: Options for Delawareans
Steven Huege, M.D., M.S.Ed., D.F.A.A.G.P.