NPHL Issues Two New Public Health Resources
The Network for Public Health Law (NPHL) has issued two new public health resources that can be read and accessed below.
Updates to HHS Restructuring and Funding Cuts: Impact on State and Local Public Health
As a result of federal grant claw backs, state and local public health agencies have halted work and initiated layoffs on projects which utilized those federal funds, including infectious disease prevention and surveillance, vaccination programs, outbreak responses, community health workers, and health disparities programs.
2021-2022 Racial Equity Dataset: A Searchable Collection of Laws Related to Racial Equity
In the wake of the renewed racial justice movement in 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, many jurisdictions across the country enacted laws to address health disparities and advance racial equity, while others enacted laws that may impede these goals. This searchable database features the laws that were enacted, and that were still in effect on December 31, 2022, and provides insights into the legislative efforts shaping public health and racial equity across the nation.
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