The WNC Health Policy Initiative (WNC HPI) was created to serve as a convener of and conduit for information, resources, and coalition-building between 5 core groups: policy makers, health and healthcare leadership and professionals, community-based service organizations, educational and research institutions, and the community members we all serve.
WNC Health Policy Initiative’s mission is to inform strategies for improving the health and wellbeing of all people of WNC through scholarship, collaboration, policy development and advocacy.
The WNC Health Policy Initiative is co-hosted by the Mountain Area Health Education Center and supported by the Dogwood Health Trust (DHT). In addition, the North Carolina Center for Health and Wellness at UNC Asheville partners with the UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC, UNC School of Medicine, Impact Health, WNC Health Network/Healthy Impact, Mission Health Partners among others.
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