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Dr. Beth Bell is Director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Blog posts written by Beth

Total of 4 blog posts

September 14, 2016

New information for innovation: Antimicrobial Resistance Isolate Bank

A new tool from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is helping researchers develop diagnostic tests and antibiotics to combat the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.

March 16, 2015

Fighting for the future: Why we must come together to fight antibiotic resistance around the globe

I am pleased to have the opportunity to write about what is perhaps today’s most vexing public health challenge—the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.

March 31, 2014

Global Health Security—A Priority for All

The US government’s recent commitment to global health security recognizes that health security is an essential part of every nation’s national security. As both Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and CDC Director Tom Frieden have said, “A health threat anywhere is a health threat everywhere.”

May 27, 2013

21st century tools needed to confront 21st century global health challenges

In this guest post, Dr. Beth P. Bell, director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), describes some of her center’s active engagement in global health work.