Trust for America's Health

Trust for America's Health (TFAH) is a Washington, D.C.-based health policy organization. The organization's website calls the group "a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to saving lives by protecting the health of every community and working to make disease prevention a national priority."

TFAH was founded in 2001. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., former U.S. Senator and Governor of Connecticut, was the organization’s founding president.

TFAH’s mission focuses on addressing the antecedents of poor health and on prevention. It’s work helps advance evidence-based national and state policies and programs that support optimal health within all communities. TFAH develops reports, leads initiatives, participates in coalitions, and recommends policies all designed to ensure a public health system equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

TFAH reports focus on public health topics including obesity, emergency preparedness, substance misuse and suicide prevention, public health funding, healthy aging, and the health impacts of environmental threats and extreme weather.