By Rahul Gupta, Health Officer and Executive Director, Kanawha-Charleston Health Department Just like the rest of the country, West Virginia and Kanawha County has been battling the obesity epidemic…
…to the public’s health, what we do know is that Zika, Ebola, MERS-CoV and other public health threats require constant vigilance. We simply can’t jump from one supplemental funding vehicle…
…Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of…
…more resources to programs that promote harm reduction and access to treatment for individuals with substance use disorders including access to mental health services covered by insurance on par with…
…health, women’s health, and maternal and child health. Prior to her time in Senator Butler’s office, Lauren served as a Health Policy Advisor with the Senate Committee on Health, Education,…
…mental and physical health. The Pain in the Nation: National Resilience Strategy website provides a high-level roadmap for communities to tackle these difficult issues. “To better support the conditions that…
…TFAH works with traditional and new partners on high impact health issues. We report on and recommend evidence-based programs and policies that make prevention and health equity foundational to health…
…removing barriers to federal funding and by fully respecting Tribal Nations’ right to self-determination. TFAH’s Pathway to a Healthier America: A Blueprint for Strengthening Public Health for the Next Administration…
…Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) joined the American Public Health Association, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ChangeLab Solutions, and 120 distinguished public health deans and scholars in filing an amicus…
Joint Statement from American Public Health Association, Prevention Institute, Public Health Institute and Trust for America’s Health June 20, 2017 The fight to protect public health is more important than…
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