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The Network in 2025: Connecting Public Health, Community Needs, and Law and Policy Solutions

The Network for Public Health Law

A Message from Interim Co-Executive Directors Quang (“Q”) Dang and Ann Phi-Wendt “ While laws and policies can serve as barriers to health equity, they can also be used to promote health and advance equity and this is, has been, and will continue to be the focus of our work, whatever the political climate might bring.

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Public health advocates worried about Trump win but ready to 'do great work'

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Community groups and public health leaders told Healthbeat they fear funding and service cuts, crackdowns on vulnerable groups like immigrants, the politicization of health institutions, and the spread of health misinformation.