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

Big Cities Health Coalition

A resilient, well-funded, and equitable public health infrastructure is essential to addressing health disparities and improving overall health outcomes for urban populations nationwide. Our elected leaders and their appointees make policy choices every day that affect the health and well-being of our communities.

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The U.S. withdrawal from the WHO

Your Local Epidemiologist

Its scope is huge—everything from disease surveillance to mental health to non-communicable diseases. If China dominates global health governance, it could shape international health policies in ways that don’t align with U.S. Then, there is a scope problem. The result?