Oxiris Barbot on Healthy Baltimore 2015

For decades Baltimore has been plagued with high rates of serious illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease and HIV/AIDS, and struggled with social problems including unemployment, poverty and violence that often lead to poor health. As a result, Baltimoreans are living too sick and dying too young.

Earlier this year, the Baltimore City Health Department and Baltimore’s Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, unveiled Healthy Baltimore 2015, an ambitious plan for improving the health of Baltimore citizens within the next five years.

NewPublicHealth spoke with Oxiris Barbot, M.D., Commissioner of Health for Baltimore City, about the new plan and early implementation steps.

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