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Fight for a Healthier America During National Public Health Week

What a perfect week for a public health nerd like me to celebrate a “healthier America.”

I had a chance to speak last week with Kimberly Moore, APHA's director of affiliate affairs. With a background in tobacco prevention, Moore is no stranger to the challenges of public health prevention efforts. But National Public Health Week offers unique challenges, coordinating hundreds of public health-related organizations around the country to help plan events that promote the public's health. Most events are funded at the local level, but APHA provides "comprehensive planning, organizing and outreach materials that can be used during and after the week to raise awareness."

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