Big Cities Health Coalition

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), representing the leaders of health departments serving nearly 61 million Americans, calls on the incoming Administration and Congress to enhance support for local public health systems. GET MORE INFO: WhAT is the Big Cities Health Coalition?

Public Health Law and Policy Consulting 52

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Big Cities Health Coalition

DECEMBER 9, 2024

A lot of decisions about health policy and practice get made based on epidemiological data. Federal funding priorities and shortfalls have led to insufficient focus on critical health issues beyond infectious disease. Im proud of our department for its work to contain the outbreak so quickly.

Violence Prevention 52

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Fund for Public Health NYC

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Ashwin Vasan, NYC Health Commissioner and FPHNYC Board Chair The “HealthyNYC” plan aims to address the life years lost during the COVID-19 pandemic to the virus and other causes and surpass life expectancy from what it was pre-pandemic. Between 2019 and 2020, overall life expectancy across demographics fell to 78 years.

Mental Health and Public Health 40

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