As we face the most challenging public health crises of our lifetimes, celebrating and thanking all those who serve public health each day is more important than ever. The American Public Health Association celebrates the week of April 5th- April 11th as National Public Health Week. The American Public Health Association celebrates this week to bring communities together and recognize the contributions of frontline workers to improving the nation’s public health...

1. Protecting Public Health during COVID-19
By: Nikita Angane
As we face the most challenging public health crises of our lifetimes, celebrating and
thanking all those who serve public health each day is more important than ever. The American
Public Health Association celebrates the week of April 5th- April 11th as National Public Health
Week.1 The American Public Health Association celebrates this week to bring communities
together and recognize the contributions of frontline workers to improving the nation’s public
health.2
One such agency that contributes to the protection of public health is the Food and Drug
Administration. The FDA through many of its initiatives and regulations ensures public health is
protected at all times. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA and other federal
agencies have been putting great efforts towards identifying and thwarting scams for products
that claim they provide relief from COVID-19.
FDA’s dedicated COVID-19 Fraudulent Products Task Force has identified nearly 1300
fraudulent products, has issued more than 160 warning letters, more than 270 abuse complaints
to domain registrars, and has sent more than 290 requests to remove listings of fraudulent
products on various web-based marketplaces.3
FDA has established various communications channels for consumers to protect
themselves and seek FDA’s help to take appropriate action against such companies. Consumers
can easily submit reports of fraudulent, unauthorized, or unapproved products on the market to
the FDA via its website and this, in turn, helps FDA to protect public health.
EMMA International recognizes the importance of the FDA and the role it plays in
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1 National Public Health Week (2021) See you soon for National PublicHealth Week 2021! Retrieved on
04/04/2021 from http://www.nphw.org/
2 APHA (2021) National Public Health Week retrieved on 04/04/2021 from https://www.apha.org/Events-and-
Meetings/National-Public-Health-Week
3 FDA (2021) National Consumer Protection Week: FDA Is Vigilantin ProtectingConsumers AgainstCOVID-19
VaccineScams retrieved on 04/04/2021 from https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-voices/national-consumer-
protection-week-fda-vigilant-protecting-consumers-against-covid-19-vaccine-scams