Key Highlights
- United Nations hide caption toggle caption United Nations America's new top health diplomat is Bethany Kozma.
- The job she took on this week — leading the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Global Affairs — does not have a high profile.
- And Kozma herself is not a familiar name in the world of public health.
- But it is a position with power — and Kozma has a record of public statements and activism on health issues, equating abortion with "murder" and campaigning against gender-affirming care.
- The office is sometimes referred to as the "diplomatic voice" of HHS.
