Source: Jackson State Newsroom By L.A. Warren Jackson State University’s College of Health Sciences, “A CEPH-accredited School of Public Health,” has been awarded a $10 million cooperative grant from the U.S. Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology. The ONC created a Public Health Informatics and Technology (PHIT) Workforce Development...Read More

MPHA, with more than 65 other Mississippi health organizations, supports a $1.50 per pack tax increase on cigarettes to generate approximately $153 million in new revenue and reduce Medicaid expenditures. Dr. Nelson Atehortua De la Pena, MPHA board member, recently addressed the impact of a tobacco tax increase in Mississippi as a guest columnist for...Read More

MPHA congratulates Joyce Buckner-Brown, PhD, MHS, RRT for her recent appointment to the APHA Action Board representing the Council of Affiliates. She is a member of the MPHA Legislative and Policy Committee. APHA’s Action Board helps coordinate the association’s grassroots advocacy activities and encourages participation in advocacy initiatives. Members of the Action Board serve for...Read More