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Topics & Issues

COVID-19/Coronavirus
Stay informed and help spread facts, not rumors (photo courtesy CDC on Unsplash)
#ClimateChangesHealth
Learn more about the health impacts of climate change.
Racism and health
We must address injustices caused by racism.
Tobacco
APHA champions efforts to help Americans live tobacco-free lives.

APHA works to improve access to care, bring about health equity and support public health infrastructure. Public health is a broad field. We focus on the most important problems and solutions of our time. Check back often to see what topics and issues we're working on.

Aging, Health and Equity	Chronic Disease	Climate, Health and Equity
Communicable Disease	Community Water Fluoridation	COVID-19
Disability and Health	Ebola	Education and Health
Environmental Health	Extreme Heat	Food and Nutrition
Global Health	Gun Violence	Health Equity
Health in All Policies	Health Rankings	Health Reform
Immigrant Health	Injury & Violence Prevention	Lead Contamination
Maternal and Child Health	Mental Health	Mpox
Polio	Preparedness	Prescription Drug Overdose
Project 2025	Public Health Accreditation	Public Health Standards
Public Health Under Threat	Public Health Workforce	Racial Equity
Sexual & Reproductive Health	Social Determinants of Health	Substance Misuse
Suicide	Tobacco	Transportation
Vaccines	Zika

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