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Wednesday, April 6, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) APTR Recommends $9.8B for HRSA » APTR joined 98 organizations to recommend providing at least $9.8 billion for discretionary Health Resources and Services...
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 APTR Urges Congress To Support Title V MCH Services Block Grant » APTR, and its Friends of HRSA organizations dedicated to improving the health of all women, children, and families, strong...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) APTR Supports Increased Funding for AHRQ » The benefits of investing in health services research through AHRQ transcend the pandemic and provide benefits in saved li...
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) APTR Urges Congress to Include $10.5 Billion for CDC » APTR joined 140 state and national organizations to urge Congress to include at least the House-passed level of $10.5 bill...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 APTR Joins Over 200 Groups Calling for Congress To Prioritize Maternal Health » APTR joined 212 organizations in a letter to Congress urging meaningful action to immediately address the deep inequi...
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 APTR Urges Congress to Fund Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs » APTR joined other leading health care, medical, and public health organizations to urge Congress to provide funding to sup...
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 APTR Supports Highest Possible Funding for Federal Programs to Improve Maternal Health » A total of 62 national organizations support the highest possible funding for federal programs to improve maternal health...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) APTR Thanks House and Senate for New Medicare-supported GME Training Positions » APTR joined 85 organizations, representing associations and specialty societies, to thank the House and Senate Leadership...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 APTR Urges Administration to Protect COVID-19 Patient Data » APTR joined nearly 100 organizations in urging the administration to immediately reverse its decision to bypass the Center...
Thursday, July 16, 2020 APTR Joins 350 Organizations to Implore HHS Secretary to Support CDC's Critical Role in the Pandemic » APTR and 346 health and public health organizations released a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Aza...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) APTR Urges Congress to Build Upon Last Year’s Additional Funding for ATSDR » APTR and 32 other public health and environmental health organizations urged Congress to build upon last year’s addit...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 APTR Urges Leadership to Retain DACA During COVID-19 Pandemic » APTR joined 77 health professions organizations in a letter urging congressional and COVID taskforce leadership to...
Monday, April 6, 2020 APTR Signs-on to Urge Congress for a Long-term Investment in Public Health Infrastructure » APTR and several groups recommend $4.5 billion in additional annual funding for CDC, state, local, tribal and territorial...
Friday, March 13, 2020 APTR Calls on Congress to Pass Federal Sick Days Legislation » : APTR is grateful for the quick passage of the $8.3 supplemental appropriations bill, the “Coronavirus Prep...
Monday, July 15, 2019 APTR Urges Congress to Pass the Dream Act of 2019 » APTR has joined 70 health professions organizations in urging legislative action by Senate leadership for individuals with...
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 APTR Urges Congress to Include Recommended Report Language Around Maternal Mental Health Disorders » APTR and other national, regional, and local organizations request from Congress representatives the addition of specific...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 APTR Recommends Increase in HRSA Discretionary Funding » APTR and members of the Friends of HRSA Coalition recommend providing $8.56 billion for discretionary Health Resources and...
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 APTR Urges Congress to Increase CDC Environmental Health Funding » APTR joined public health and environmental health organizations to express our support for increased funding for the Cent...
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 APTR Supports Reintroduction of the Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act » APTR joined public health and medical organizations to thank Senator Edward Markey (MA) and Congressman Matt Cartwright (P...
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 APTR Urges Congress to Fund $7.8 Billion For CDC Programs » APTR joined 225 state and national organizations to urge the Chairs of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 APTR Urges Congress to Fund CDC National Center for Environmental Health » The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research joined public health, environmental health and other supporting organ...
Friday, June 29, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) APTR Statement on Family Separation » The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) stands in solidarity with other leading medical and public hea...
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) AJPM Special Initiative: Firearms Research » APTR is pleased to announce that its journal, the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has joined other research outlet...
Monday, November 27, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) APTR Urges Congress to Address Firearm-related Injuries & Fatalities » APTR joined other national medical, public health, and research organizations in urging congress to find a bipartisan path...
Thursday, July 20, 2017 APTR Signed Health Professions and Nursing Education Coalition's FY 2018 Budget Letter and Brochure » APTR has signed on to support the Health Professions and Nursing Education Coalition's ( HPNEC ) advocacy and educati...
Monday, March 13, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) APTR Joins Letter Supporting Prevention and Public Health Fund » APTR has joined over 500 organizations urging President Trump to protect the Prevention and Public Health Fund which the A...
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