Which event has the potential to weaken existing public health programs?
a. The shift in funding to support bioterror-ism response efforts
b. The outbreaks of H1N1 influenza
c. The number of citizens with human im-munodeficiency virus (HIV)
d. The lack of PHNs
ANS: A
The events of the twenty-first century have shifted funding to bioterrorism programs. This shift of funding has the potential to weaken existing important public health programs.
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