Donna Shalala
Donna Shalala
Donna Edna Shalalawas the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. She was the president of the University of Miami, a private university in Coral Gables, Florida, from 2001 through 2015. Previously, she was the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1988 to 1993. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, by President George W. Bush in June 2008. Shalala currently serves as the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth14 February 1941
CountryUnited States of America
No one believed that Wisconsin's program could be restored to great eminence, ... Barry did it with class and energy and skill.
We call upon you to make an immediate determination and to allow the local use of federal funds for needle exchange programs as part of a comprehensive HIV prevention program. To do anything less would be an abdication of your responsibilities.
I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn't expect it.
We have not yet concluded that needle-exchange programs do not encourage drug use.
Each day, 10 children and teens are killed by firearms, and that is 10 too many, ... However, it is a significant decrease from four years earlier. This indicates that violence prevention efforts are showing results.
Every day that goes by means more needless new infections and more human suffering,
a step forward in the battle for our children's health and our nation's future.
at this moment, we don't need a summit.
Comprehensive protection of personal medical records is what Congress called for in the law, and it's what American patients and their providers want and need,
Well, it took everybody a while to build relationships of trust, whether it was the White House staff with the cabinet agencies.
We must not lose sight of the fact that it will take further action by public health officials and local communities to reduce the health effects attributed to tobacco use,
Most of the calories in a healthy diet should come from fruits, vegetables and grain products. That recommendation makes it even more critical for government and industry to work together to ensure that fresh produce is wholesome and safe.
Most managed care companies want to give every piece of information,
Most of all, our health care professionals need to understand that federal law has not changed, that it continues to be illegal in the United States to prescribe marijuana.