National Negro Health Week: Twenty Eighth Observance April 5-12, 1942

Washington DC: United States Public Health Service, 1942. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 12 by 9 inches folded. Single leaf printed on thick stock folded once to make [4]pp. Horizontal crease throughout with some minor loss at the folds and extremities; light stain to bottom front, abraded at the corner, else a good example.
Promotional piece issued for the 28th National Negro Health Week in 1942 with information on the basic objectives objectives and goals. Established in 1915 by Booker T. Washington National Negro Health Week was an annual observance held each April with the aim to to promote better health education, improved sanitation, and access (truncated) to medical care within African-American communities. Over time, National Negro Health Week played a critical role in laying the foundation for broader public health reforms and eventually contributed to the development of the Office of Minority Health.

OCLC locates 4 examples of the 1942 publication. (Inventory #: 66965)