Essential public health functions are not enough: fostering linkages between functions through National Public Health Institutes improves public health impact

COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of essential public health functions (EPHFs) and the coordination between them. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines EPHFs as ‘the public health activities that all communities should undertake’. According to multiple functional frameworks...

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Main Authors: Shelly Bratton, Dennis Jarvis, Alexandra Zuber, Jonathan Pearson, Yesser Sebeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-06-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/6/e011728.full