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National Public Health Week – April 5 to 11

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This is why you should be grateful for them.

The first full week of April, from Monday to Sunday, April 5 – 11, is National Public Health Week.

What’s the purpose of National Public Health Week? According to National Day Calendar, it “encourages people to become a part of a growing movement to create a healthy nation.”

National Public Health Week is important because it helps celebrate, recognize and honor the contribution of America’s public health workers. This has been a hard year in the field of healthcare and we owe those who have researched the disease as well as cared for its victims a huge debt of gratitude.

You can participate in National Public Health Week by doing some research and learning how healthy California, or any state, is. Just go to , “Find out how healthy your state is by going to the American Health Ranking website. Download the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Health IQ App or go to https://www.americashealthrankings.org/. Follow the CDC on Facebook (CDC) and share health facts and information using #PublicHealthWeek.