"Approaching bankruptcy, Detroit disbanded most of its public health dept. & handed responsibilities to a private nonprofit. When the department reopened in 2014...its per capita budget was a fraction of other big cities’, to serve a needier population."
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“It was just chop, chop, chop,” Canady said. By the time she left in 2014, all the health educators, who teach people how to prevent disease, were gone.
"...the budget for the CDC...fell by 10% between fiscal year 2010-2019 after adjusting for inflation..."
"...federal funding to help state & local officials prepare for emergencies such as the coronavirus outbreak has fallen — from about $1B after 9/11 to under $650M last yr.
"...federal funding to help state & local officials prepare for emergencies such as the coronavirus outbreak has fallen — from about $1B after 9/11 to under $650M last yr.
"Between 2008 and 2017, state and local health departments lost more than 55,000 jobs — one-fifth of their workforce..."
