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The Formula

About the Substack

How to save millions of livesโ€”including your ownโ€”with global health leader and former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden.

Free Subscription Benefits

  • โ€œThe Formula,โ€ fact-based posts every week that you can use to protect and improve health

Paid Subcription Benefits

  • โ€œThe Formula,โ€ fact-based posts every week that you can use to protect and improve health
  • Support organizations worldwide that Resolve to Save Lives funds to accelerate action against deadly health threats
  • Quarterly subscriber-only sessions to Ask Me Anything

Paid Subscription Plans

  • $7 a month
  • $60 a year

About Tom Frieden

President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives. Former CDC Director and New York City health commissioner. Focused on partnering with communities around the world to save lives.

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