Washington, D.C.—The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) launched the first national accreditation program for all public health departments today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The goal of PHAB’s accreditation program, initiated and supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is to protect and improve Americans’ health by advancing the quality and performance of all of the nation’s public health departments—state, local, territorial and tribal. Click here to read the full press release online.


