WASHINGTON, June 2, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — In the wake of public pushback against government overreach through recent public health directives, at least fifteen U.S. states have passed or are considering legislation to limit the power of public health authorities. In response, a national public health conglomerate has organized a webinar claiming the laws will “lead to preventable tragedies.”
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is a Washington-based organization representing around 2,800 public health departments across the U.S. The publicly funded body’s mission is purportedly to “improve the health of communities by strengthening and advocating for local health departments.” However, on their “Strategic Priorities 2018–2021” website, the first priority listed is “equity.”
To this end, NACCHO has established a “Health Equity and Social Justice” program, the sole goal of which is to “advance the capacity of local health departments (LHDs) to confront the root causes of inequities in the distribution of disease and illness through public health practice and their organizational structure.”
The program runs a number of initiatives centered on “social justice,” including a training course for public health workers designed to “address systemic differences in health and wellness that are actionable, unfair, and unjust.”
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