04/07/2021

World Health Day: How Associations Fought for Public Health During the Pandemic

Associations took on key public health roles during the COVID lockdown

This year, World Health Day feels like a bigger marker than it usually does. It’s a chance to recognize the role that the medical field played during the pandemic, helping to save lives and keep people safe during an immeasurably difficult year.

Associations in the medical and public health fields played a big part in that as well. Associations Now is reflecting on the ways medical and nonmedical associations have helped since lockdowns began in the U.S. in March 2020.

Taken as individual acts, these steps may seem modest. But together, they demonstrate the power of associations in an unprecedented crisis.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Associations Now.