CEUs Announced for Public Health Forum -Join Us!

PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK EVENTS

April 4-10, 2022

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

7:00PM--8:30PM

Smallpox: A History of Disease Control, the First Vaccine, and the End of a Disease

Our virtual program will be presented in partnership with the Tewksbury Public Library via Zoom.

Inoculation to Vaccination, Cotton Mather and Where He Got His Idea David A. Paquette, MHSA, Retired, Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Arizona

Smallpox, Vaccine and Public Health Innovations in Massachusetts

Alfred DeMaria, Jr., MD, President, Public Health Museum

Global Eradication: How Did Smallpox Disappear?

Jason S. Weisfeld, M.D., M.P.H., Field Epidemiologist (Retired), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Smallpox Eradication Program

Thursday, April 7, 2022

10:00AM-2:00PM

Saturday, April 9, 2022

10:00AM

Take an indoor tour of the museum or outdoor grounds tour of the Tewksbury Hospital free of charge. In celebration of Public Health Week, the museum will be open expanded hours and tours will be free.

Check our tour schedule.

TOURS

**CEUs Announced**

Thanks to our public health partners, CEUs for the forum will be available.

This program has met all the standards of CMR 244 5.0 of the Board of Registration in Nursing. Contact hours will be provided in accordance with the regulations governing continuing education requirements for the Board of Registration in Nursing under Commonwealth of Massachusetts Regulations 244 Section 5.0 and is approved for 2.4 Nursing CEUs.

2.4 CEUs will be available for RS, REHS and CHO, but to receive credit attendees must attend for the full webinar and log in under their name.

Friday, April 8, 2022

10AM-Noon

Local Public Health forum: Impacts and Experiences from the Pandemic

on Zoom

The 2019 Coronavirus Pandemic has had a big impact on all aspects of society in addition to the terrible impacts on health and health care, not least on the operation of the public health system. The Public Health Museum, in association with the Massachusetts Health Officers Association, the Massachusetts Environmental Health Association, the Massachusetts Association of Public Health Nurses and the Massachusetts Association of Health Boards, presents a discussion among local public health professionals and officials about the impact of the pandemic, lessons learned and the lasting effects on local public health.