Dr. Manisha Juthani, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, spent her week in Washington D.C. discussing the importance of the Public Health Infrastructure Grant to her state; Arthur San Agustin, Special Assistant for Health to the Governor of Guam, shared an important island perspective with legislators; Moses Pretrick, Assistant Secretary for Health at the FSM Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, says health equity was at the top of his list of priorities in meetings; and an ASTHO blog article outlines the need for federal support to combat the fentanyl crisis.
ASTHO Webpage: Territories and Freely Associated States
ASTHO Blog Article: The Fentanyl Crisis Requires Ongoing and Strategic Federal Action
