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American Nurses Association, Nursing: The American Nurses Association Hall of Fame, American Nurses Association, No date given

This prestigious award recognizes an individual’s lifelong commitment to the field of nursing and its impact on the health and/or social history of…

Tags: Hall of Fame, Health, Nurses, Nursing, Public Service

Bain News Service, Stephen Smith, Founder of the American Public Health Association, Library of Congress, 1-Jan-14

Stephen Smith, a physician and attorney, served on the New York City's Metropolitan Health Board and founded the American Public Health Association in…

Tags: APHA, Health, Healthcare, Public Health, Stephen Smith

Boston University, Lisa J. Messersmith, Ph.D. - U.S. Public Health Researcher, Boston University, 2011

An American public health researcher helped shape AIDS law in Vietnam: Lisa J. Messersmith, Ph.D. Messersmith moved to Vietnam in 1998 to serve as…

Tags: AIDS, AIDS Prevention, Health, Lisa J. Messersmith, Public Health, Vietnam

CDC, Government Reporting Chain: NARMS, CDC, No date

The federal government established the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System for Enteric Bacteria (NARMS) in 1996 as a national public…

Tags: Antibiotic Resistance, CDC, FDA, Health, NARMS, Public Health, USDA

CDC/ Mary Hilpertshauser, Polio Campaign, 1963, CDC, 1963

In 1961, oral polio vaccine (OPV) was invented by Dr Albert Sabin and introduced in the US. Sabin’s strategy was to give trivalent OPV to all children…

Tags: Albert Sabin, Campaign, Health, OPV, Polio, Public Health

Charles Henry Alston, A Well Fed Nation is a Fighting Nation - World War II Public Health Initiative, National Archives at College Park, 1943

Charles Alston, an African-American artist and educator, created this drawing in 1943. It shows a strong, healthy family (man, woman, and two…

Tags: African-Americans, Charles Alston, Eating, Health, War, World War II

D.O. Hill, St Rollox Chemical, Published before Jan 1, 1925. Public domain in the United States, 30 September, 2006

The origins of the environmental movement lay in the response to increasing levels of smoke pollution in the atmosphere during the Industrial…

Tags: Alkali, Environment, Health, Legislation, Pollution, UK

David Battle, Peace Corps Volunteers, Peace Corps, 1972

The initial reactions to the Peace Corps proposal are convincing proof that we have, in this country, an immense reservoir of such men and…

Tags: AIDS, Community, Education, Health, JFK, Peace, Peace Corps, United States, Volunteerism

District of Columbia Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Wash your hands, before touching your eyes, National Archives, 1941-1945

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Tags: Blindness, Cleanliness, Eye Health, Health, Hygiene, Public Health, Wash Your Hands

Federal Emergency Management Agency Photo Library, Convoy of Hope, Federal Emergency Management Agency, May 9 2005

Convoy of Hope has a cache of baby supplies ready to be shipped to victims of hurricane Katrina.

Convoy of Hope is a nonprofit organization that…

Tags: Baby Supplies, Convoy of Hope, Disaster Relief, Groceries, Health, Missouri, Nonprofits, United States