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Today, we are holding a press conference calling on the Legislature to transform #MA’s broken local public health system! EVERY resident deserves to be protected from food poisoning, water contamination, communicable disease and other threats. Demand real change by signing our letter: tinyurl.com/LPHLetter We are grateful to Senator Jo Comerford State Representative Hannah Kane Denise Garlick State Representative for leading on this important issue! #mapoli MAHB.org
Who pays the price for inadequate local #publichealth? Residents of rural areas, gateway cities & low-income communities of color. We CAN change that by using federal ARPA funds to transform our local public health system. Raise your voice to support Five Percent for Local Public Health! Sign our letter: tinyurl.com/LPHLetter #mapoli
Senator Jo Comerford State Representative Hannah Kane Denise Garlick State Representative MAHB.org
Local public health workers make sure we don’t get food poisoning at restaurants, get sick from swimming in the local town pool, or drink contaminated water. They also respond to cases of communicable disease like #COVID19. So why do some small towns in #MA lack any public health staff at all? This system needs reform! Sign our letter to Support Five Percent for Local Public Health! tinyurl.com/LPHLetter #mapoli Senator Jo Comerford State Representative Hannah Kane Denise Garlick State Representative MAHB.org
The inequities laid bare by the COVID pandemic did not happen in a vacuum. Demand strong public health services for ALL Massachusetts residents. Support Five Percent for Local Public Health to create the equitable and efficient system #ma needs! Sign our letter today: tinyurl.com/LPHARPALetter #mapoli Senator Jo Comerford State Representative Hannah Kane Denise Garlick State Representative MAHB.org
Does your community have enough qualified staff to inspect restaurants, summer camps, municipal pools, and public water supplies? How about to report communicable diseases, implement contact tracing and deliver vaccines? Unless you live in one of the wealthiest communities in our state, the answer is most likely "No". It's time to change that! Take action today: tinyurl.com/LPHARPALetter youtu.be/8G4PMoujiOc MAHB.org
Today we gathered to advocate for 5% investment of ARPA funding to strengthen our local public health system. We cannot make the LPH system efficient, effective or equitable without implementing the Special Commission on LPH blueprint. If not now, in aftermath of pandemic, when?
Pleased to have FRCOG representing rural local #PublicHealth at today's hearing on federal ARPA funds. https://twitter.com/MAPublicHealth/status/1440336325232660481
Happening Now! Join live as our legislative champions, @MAPublicHealth & other #publichealth professionals/advocates give testimony to support an infusion of federal funding to transform #MA's dangerously inadequate local public health system.
💻http://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/3930
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We do have both! Now, we are asking the legislature to recognize that, while there are many demands for resources, nothing is more important than public health! https://twitter.com/mapublichealth/status/1440325661600600073
Cheryl Sbarra, Executive Director from the MA Assoc of Health Boards: “Our local public health system is understaffed, underfunded, & overworked. To fix the system we need 2 things: a plan, and the fund to implement those plans. We have both.” (3/x)
Thank you @MassAGO for speaking out about the need for an effective, equitable local health system for all Massachusetts residents! After what we’ve lived through the last 18 months, this is truly a moral imperative that Massachusetts must meet! #mapoli https://twitter.com/massago/status/1440326374435155979
I am testifying before the Legislature on how we need to direct ARPA funds to expand the capacity of our behavioral health care system, and ensure a robust local public health infrastructure that meets the needs of our diverse communities. Tune in now. 👇
https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/3930
Happening Now! Join live as our legislative champions, @MAPublicHealth & other #publichealth professionals/advocates give testimony to support an infusion of federal funding to transform #MA's dangerously inadequate local public health system.
💻http://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/3930
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