Governor Andrew Cuomo recently talked about how New York State needs to be ready, in case another pandemic happens. Saying the state needs to “get serious” about a public health emergency plan, the Governor announced what he says is a first in the nation, the New York State Citizen Public Health Training Program, which will be offered through Cornell University. The University has developed a curriculum for citizens to be trained about public health emergencies. Enrollment in the free and open now. The 16-hour online course will begin on April 30. https://nypublichealth.cornell.edu/portal/nyspublichealth/
Watch our interview with Dr. Gen Meredith, the Associate Director of the Master of Public Health program at Cornell University about this program: https://youtu.be/yNLSB7FR-_w
You may watch the NYS DOH Ad here: https://youtu.be/HMdx3txG16c