American Public Health Association
The American Public Health Association (APHA) is a Washington, D.C.-based professional organization for public health professionals in the United States.
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2014
APHA surpasses 300,000 Twitter followers of @PublicHealth.
2013
APHA rolls out APHA Connect, an online member community.
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2011
APHA launches our blog, Public Health Newswire.
2010
APHA helps win passage of the Affordable Care Act.
2006
APHA launches Get Ready campaign, an all hazards preparedness initiative.
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2005
APHA relocates its Annual Meeting from New Orleans to Philadelphia following widespread devastation left by Hurricane Katrina.
1999
APHA builds its headquarters building in Washington, D.C.
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1997
APHA celebrates its 125th anniversary with 32,000 members; Presidential Citation presented to Nelson Mandela.
1995
President Bill Clinton proclaims the first full week of April as National Public Health Week.
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1994
Medicine and Public Health Initiative established by the APHA and American Medical Association.
1986
Former President Jimmy Carter speaks at Annual Meeting.
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1982
APHA testifies at the first congressional hearings on AIDS.
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1973
APHA cited in Supreme Court decision striking down most anti-abortion laws.
1972
APHA celebrates its 100th anniversary with 25,100 members.
1970
Congress establishes the Environmental Protection Agency; the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
1965
APHA publishes the first Public Health Law Manual.
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1964
Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health published; President Johnson signs the Medicare/Medicaid Act.
1956
National Library of Medicine established.
1950
APHA member Jonas Salk introduces Salk vaccine for polio
1948
United Nations establishes the World Health Organization with strong APHA support.
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1943
APHA sets qualification standards for health educators.
1932
President Hoover speaks at APHA’s Annual Meeting.
1925
APHA creates Appraisal Form for Local Health Work.
1918
APHA postponed its Annual Meeting in reaction to a global influenza pandemic. The Association conducted scheduled discussions regarding the pandemic in December 1918.
1916
APHA publishes first issue of Control of Communicable Diseases in Man.
1911
Journal of the American Public Health Association established, later becoming the American Journal of Public Health.
1909
APHA publishes the Standard Methods for the Examination of Air.
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1908
APHA’s standardized death certificate adopted by the U.S. Census.
1906
First federal Food and Drug Act passed; APHA publishes the American Journal of Public Hygiene.
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1905
APHA publishes the Standard Methods for the Examination of Milk.
1900
Walter Reed reports at the APHA Annual Meeting that mosquitoes carry yellow fever.
1895
APHA publishes the Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage.
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1872
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1893
APHA and the United States focus on the control of tuberculosis.
1872
The American Public Health Association founded by Dr. Stephen Smith, a physician, attorney and commissioner of New York City’s Metropolitan Health Board, puts forth the concept of a national health service.
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800 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-777-2742
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