Melissa Magstadt, Secretary of Health for South Dakota and an ASTHO Member, explains the state’s first-in-the-nation anonymous naloxone kit distribution program; Colton Anderson, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Public Health Infrastructure and Improvement, tells us about ASTHO’s Quality Advisory Group; an ASTHO webinar scheduled for June 12 aims to help public health practitioners tell the story of public health; and Dr. Broke Cunningham, an ASTHO Member and the Commissioner of Health for the Minnesota Department of Health, will speak at the 2025 Minnesota Rural Health Conference.

Emily’s Hope News Release: Emily’s Hope and South Dakota agencies team up to make lifesaving naloxone widely available

ASTHO Blog Article: Quality Advisory Group Supports Performance Improvement in Health Agencies

ASTHO Webinar: INSPIRE – Readiness - Tackling Public Health Communication Conundrums: Rumors and Public Trust

Minnesota Rural Health Conference Web Page