Politico April 5, 2024
By Chelsea Cirruzzo and Ben Leonard

With help from Robert King

Driving the Day

COHEN GOES GLOBAL — Four months into the year, Dr. Mandy Cohen continues her push to restore faith in the CDC as the world’s premier public health agency.

The CDC head has traveled to Asia and Africa this year, visiting Cambodia, Ethiopia, Japan, Kenya and Zambia, to rebuild public trust, encourage data-sharing partnerships and drive vaccine uptake to squash emerging public health threats as the agency works to reform itself.

Why it matters: The CDC has faced skepticism and a lack of trust from lawmakers and the public following its handling of the pandemic. Since taking the agency’s helm, Cohen has made it her mission to restore confidence and reform the agency...

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