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Proc 9251ProclamationObama · DCeremonial

Proclamation 9251

National Public Health Week, 2015

This proclamation designates April 6-12, 2015 as National Public Health Week, recognizing public health professionals and urging citizens and organizations to take action to improve national health. It highlights past public health achievements including Ebola response, climate change health initiatives, the Affordable Care Act, and the Global Health Security Agenda, but contains no binding policy directives or mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 80 FR 19191

Impact dates

  1. National Public Health Week begins

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • National Public Health Week declared for April 6-12, 2015

Near term (90d)

—

Long term

—

Risks & tensions

  • References to climate change health impacts and Affordable Care Act may have been politically salient in 2015 but are descriptive, not directive
  • No enforcement mechanism for 'call on all citizens' language
Proclamation 9251: National Public Health Week, 2015 · Executive Orders