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The European Journal of Public Health 2009 19(2):136-138; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp018
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

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A vision of hope for US domestic and international health policy

Thomas E. Novotny

Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-4162, USA

Correspondence: Thomas E. Novotny, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, Hardy Tower 119, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4162, USA, tel: (619) 594-3109, fax: (619) 594-6112, e-mail: tnovotny@mail.ucsf.edu

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‘The time has come – this year, in this new Administration – to modernize our health care system for the twenty-first century; to reduce costs for families and businesses; and to finally provide affordable, accessible health care for every American.’

Barack Obama, President-elect of the United States, 11 December 2008

‘It's time we once again put science at the top of our agenda and worked to restore America's place as the world leader in science and technology.’

Barack Obama, President-elect of the United States, 20 December 2008


   Things will change
 
With the election of a youthful, inspirational and first-ever African American to the Presidency of the United States, voters in this robust democracy asserted a collective intention to change the way government responds to their needs. These changes signal the end of an incompetent administration that presided over an unwinnable war; permitted ill-advised economic policies that led to recession; allowed environmental policies that . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Science is back
 

   Equity and accountability
 

   Proposed reforms
 

   Economic realities
 

   Organizational reform
 

   Global health
 

   Limitations on change
 

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