Central Connecticut Health District

From reducing infant mortality to developing and distributing vaccines, tracking food-borne illness, and preparing for natural disasters, public health workers were never short on responsibilities.  However, their profile has certainly been elevated the last eight months. “Right now, you turn on the TV, you can see exactly what public health is about,” said Monique Campbell, the public health nurse...

With the ongoing pandemic, the importance of the role of public health workers is even more evident.

A lot of the work health departments perform happens behind the scenes and out of the public eye.  According to their directors, most of those public health employees have not had a break since this pandemic started. “It seems like superhero hours, nights and weekends without breaks,” said Jennifer Muggeo, the deputy director for the Ledge Light Health District in...