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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

Big city health departments address a wide range of everyday threats, including chronic and infectious disease, environmental hazards, and substance use disorder. The workforce was in crisis before the pandemic, with local health departments losing over 20 percent of their workforce compared to before the 2008 recession.