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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. In 2019, the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) governmental public health staff dropped from 5.2 per 10,000 people to 4.1 per 10,000 people.