The services of Public Health---        The 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) describe the public health activities that all communities should undertake.  For the past 25 years, the EPHS have served as a well-recognized framework for carrying out the mission of public health.  The EPHS framework was originally released in 1994 and more recently updated in 2020.  The revised version is intended to bring the framework in line with current and future public health practice.

The revised EPHS framework was released on September 9, 2020, as a result of a collaborative effort by the Public Health National Center for Innovationsexternal icon (PHNCI) and the de Beaumont Foundationexternal icon, who convened a task force of public health experts, leaders, and practitioners and engaged the public health community in activities to inform the changes. The task force also included experts from federal agencies, including CDC, which were instrumental in establishing and supporting the original EPHS framework.  

The 10 Essential Public Health Services provide a framework for public health to protect and promote the health of all people in all communities. To achieve equity, the Essential Public Health Services actively promote policies, systems, and overall community conditions that enable optimal health for all and seek to remove systemic and structural barriers that have resulted in health inequities. Such barriers include poverty, racism, gender discrimination, ableism, and other forms of oppression. Everyone should have a fair and just opportunity to achieve optimal health and well-being.