Alliance for Disease Prevention and Response

APHA is building and leading a national movement to protect against future pandemics and disease outbreaks.

The Alliance is a collaborative movement to advance public health, prevent disease and promote well-being.

A resilient, equitable, and healthy nation supported by a robust public health system that is empowered to protect against societal health threats and respond to the unique health needs of every community.

Build and empower a diverse, collaborative, multi-sector, sustainable public health movement with clearly defined roles, authority, and resources to ensure health, equity, and well-being for all.

The Alliance centers its efforts on the following goals in support of our mission:

Equity – Ensure the effective and just distribution of resources and assets to support a sustainable public health system that empowers all communities to determine their own health outcomes
Preparedness and resilience – Develop and sustain the systems capacity needed to understand, anticipate, prevent, respond to major ongoing and emerging health threats
Community and multi-sectoral partnership – Convene, support, and collaborate with community-based organizations and multi-sector networks at the federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial level. (Sectors include public health, healthcare, grassroots, faith-based communities, civil society, business, philanthropy, education and government)

The alliance will bring together public health organizations, business groups, non-profits, philanthropies and individuals to:

Inform and align efforts, share lessons and innovations and amplify clear and effective public communication
Use trusted messengers, including business and community leaders, to empower the public with guidance, promote prevention-supporting norms and help recruit contact tracers
Engage private sector partners and funders in COVID-19 prevention efforts, including strengthening public health infrastructure
Advocate collectively for supportive public policies and to strengthen the public health infrastructure and future ability to respond to public health threats

Empower the public and the private sector to participate in COVID-19 and public health efforts, acting with purpose and confidence, resulting in improved public norms
Create strategic cohesion and civic engagement by partners and communities around public health, prevention and equity
Increase public health system investment from the national to local levels
Recruit champions to advocate for public health