Pennsylvania and public health experts in several Northeastern states and cities began collaborating earlier this year and recently formally announced the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The Collaborative is a voluntary regional coalition of public health agencies and leaders, brought together to share expertise, improve coordination, enhance capacity, strengthen regional readiness, and promote and protect evidence-based public health information.
The Collaborative’s shared purpose is to work together in old and new ways – optimizing the use of shared resources, innovating and reimagining core services – to ensure trust in public health, respond to public health threats, advance community health and strengthen confidence in vaccines and science-based medicine. The group’s shared goal is to protect the health, safety and well-being of all residents by providing information based on science, data, and evidence, while working to ensure equitable access to vaccines, medications and services.