CDC set to undergo a comprehensive overhaul of its “structures, systems, and processes” after being raked by scorching criticism over its response to the pandemic
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to undergo a comprehensive overhaul of its “structures, systems, and processes” after being raked by scorching criticism over its response to the pandemic, according to agency director Rochelle Walensky. A senior federal health official will come in for a month-long review, Walensky said in a Monday email circulated to agency employees, “to step back and strategically position CDC to support the future of public health.
” The outside official was identified as Jim Macrae, an associate administrator for primary health care at the Health Resources and Services Administration, bywhich viewed the email. At least three other health officials at the CDC have been selected by Walensky to act as human suggestion boxes, the newspaper reported.
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