275: PH Can Help End Hunger

ASTHO CEO Michael Fraser reflects on last week’s White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health; Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Immediate Past President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, makes a seasonal vaccine...

ASTHO CEO Michael Fraser reflects on last week’s White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health; Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Immediate Past President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, makes a seasonal vaccine pitch during a recent appearance on a Maine Public Radio call-in show;  Jessica Frain, a school mental health consultant with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, explains how Wisconsin education and public health officials are working together to give frontline staff the tools and training to better serve students dealing with mental health challenges; and ASTHO’s Public Health Weekly newsletter is a great resource for everything going on in public health.

White House Webpage: Biden-Harris Administration National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

Maine Public Radio Webpage: Maine CDC director Nirav Shah addresses the state of the pandemic, boosters, flu and more

Wisconsin Department of Health Services Webpage: Resilient Wisconsin

ASTHO Webpage: Be in the Know

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Nirav Shah MD JD

Principal Deputy Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Former Director, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Former President, ASTHO

Jessica Frain MSW

School Mental Health Consultant, Student Services/Prevention and Wellness, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction