ASAHP joined over 200 organizations requesting the White House to take action to provide additional ventilators and personal protection equipment (PPE) for health professionals. Additionally, ASAHP signed another letter to Congress recommending $4.5 billion in additional annual funding for CDC, state, local, tribal and territorial core public health infrastructure to pay for such essential activities as disease surveillance, epidemiology, laboratory capacity, all-hazards preparedness and response; policy development and support; communications; community partnership development; and organizational competencies.
Letters can be found below: