The School researches the causes of health problems such as those related to epidemics, malnutrition, and environmental toxins and devises effective solutions to them. It helps governments and agencies tackle public health problems through an arsenal of new technologies and strategies, and helps translate these strategies into public policies and health care initiatives. Through such guidance from the School and other agencies, smallpox was erased from the earth and polio from the Western Hemisphere. It receives 27 percent of research funds awarded to U.S. schools of public health, its faculty pursue research in 40 countries, and it awards one-sixth of all public health doctoral degrees worldwide. Through education, research, and service, the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health offers innovative approaches to restoring health, preventing disease and injury, and saving medical dollars.
Students come from a wide variety of professional and academic backgrounds.
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