Former Senate Majority Leader and surgeon Bill Frist believes that having a healthy society helps to ensure a stable society. In his work as a legislator and a doctor, Bill found that medical care was a foundation on which he could build peace and trust. From his work healing people living amidst the violence and destruction of Sudan’s civil war to his successful efforts to pass PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), Bill’s decades of work in the medical, humanitarian, and legislative communities have helped demonstrate why the United States should play a lead role in improving global health. Tune in to Bill’s 2017 TEDMED Talk to learn more about his ambitious efforts to use health and medicine as instruments for global peace.
