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Local health officials press for $25 million boost to public health modernization in OHA budget
Summary
A coalition of local public health directors, county commissioners and community-based organizations asked the subcommittee to add at least $25 million to Oregon Health Authority public health modernization funding, citing rising infectious disease rates, disaster preparedness needs and workforce shortages.
Sarah Lochner, executive director of the Oregon Coalition of Local Health Officials, asked the subcommittee to increase public health modernization funding by "$25,000,000 or more" to strengthen county public health capacity.
"Public health is a bridal, yet overlooked component of solving the many crises we face in Oregon," Lochner said. She told the committee that increased funding would support testing, treatment and outreach for communicable diseases and other public health functions.
Local health directors from Multnomah, Washington and Marion counties described recent work and threats that, they said, require more capacity. Andrea Hamburg,…
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