NATIONAL CENTER FOR WORKFORCE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND DATA SYSTEMS - THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS LAID BARE LONG-STANDING INEQUITIES AMONG POPULATIONS, WEAKNESSES WITHIN AN ANTIQUATED PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND LIMITED PROGRESS IN SUPPORTING AND ENHANCING A CAPABLE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE REFLECTING DIVERSITY OF THOSE THEY SERVE (I.E., RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER AND SEXUAL IDENTITY, CULTURAL BACKGROUND AND SPOKEN/WRITTEN LANGUAGES). PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE MUST BE TRANSFORMED BY EQUIPPING STATE, TRIBAL, LOCAL AND TERRITORIAL PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES TO STRATEGICALLY ADDRESS COMPLEX, INTERRELATED SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS WHICH LEAD TO DISPROPORTIONALLY POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS; TO ENHANCE CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION; AND TO AND MODERNIZE DATA SYSTEMS. THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTES (NNPHI) WILL LAUNCH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR WORKFORCE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND DATA SYSTEMS, WHICH WILL PROVIDE CAPACITY BUILDING ASSISTANCE FOR THE 111 HEALTH AGENCIES
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