The original version of this article appeared on PLOS Currents. In 2004 I was honored to be interviewed for The Lancet medical journal’s “Lifeline” series. I had just come away from a disastrous short tenure as the interim minister of health in Iraq following the 2003 war. I had support from former Secretary of State Colin … Continue reading Wartime Public Health Crises Cause More Deaths Than Weapons, So Why Don’t We Pay More Attention?