
It is with great sadness that we share that APHL’s global health program had to stop work temporarily in over 50 nations—including shuttering APHL offices in 10 countries—which affects more than 100 individual team members based both in the US and internationally who supported this work. Our work supported early alerts on the existence and spread of harmful infectious diseases that are always just an airplane flight away. We are tremendously grateful to APHL members and partners for their collaboration and support of our global health program over many years. And we are especially grateful to our dedicated staff who have led these efforts and helped establish APHL as a trusted global leader in public health and laboratory science. Our commitment to safeguarding public health extends far beyond our national borders, and our colleagues are truly like family to us. Taking a moment to acknowledge the significance of this news is natural; afterwards, we will continue our ongoing efforts to protect the health and well-being of the public. We will provide updates as they are available.
What we are seeing in the beginning of a systematic dismantling of human health infrastructure that has made us healthier and safer.