Annual Report shares APHA’s year of speaking up for health
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* Kim Krisberg

APHA took the lead on public health advocacy, science, practice and policy in 2019, as chronicled in the Association’s new annual report.

Released in November, the APHA 2019 Annual Report covers the Association’s accomplishments during its 2018-2019 fiscal year in an easy-to-read format. With a theme of “For science. For action. For health,” the report covers notable work, including new books from APHA Press, ongoing advocacy and legislative efforts, and the first APHA Policy Action Institute, which welcomed 350 attendees in February.

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“Stand strong against powerful forces that slander science, peddle misinformation and put profit over people,” APHA Executive Director Georges Benjamin, MD, wrote in the annual report’s opening letter. “We are in a struggle for our very lives. To win this thing, we have to be strategic, tenacious and unapologetically ferocious. We may not be the largest association in town, but with your help, our voice can be the most influential.”

To read more about APHA’s recent accomplishments, download the 2019 APHA Annual Report at [www.apha.org/annual-report](http://www.apha.org/annual-report).

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