Jay Bhatt

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Kermit L. Jones

Kermit L. Jones MD, JD is an internal medicine resident at Rush University Medical Center. Prior to Rush he was a 2012-2013 White House Fellow at the Department of Health and Human Services. He is also a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, speaks Hindi and Urdu, and has worked as a physician in Vellore, India.

Jay Bhatt

Jay Bhatt DO, MPH, MPA is the Chief Innovation Officer at the Chicago Department of Public Health as well as a geriatrician in Chicago. He is originally from Gujarat India, and worked on global health issues while at the Harvard Kennedy School.

BRICS: Extra Serving of Highways, But Hold the Diabetes

Posted by Kermit L. Jones | Oct 13, 2014 | Regions, Science, Viewpoints |

Investment is needed in health programs that can lower future rates of NCDs and hence make BRICS citizens more productive with healthier, longer lives.

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