The 10 Essential Public Health Services provide a framework for public health to protect and promote the health of all people in all communities. Essential Public Health Services (Revised, 2020) Details about the process to update the EPHS can be found on the PHNCI website, along with accompanying materials. The task force also included experts from federal agencies, including CDC, which were instrumental in establishing and supporting the original EPHS framework. The revised EPHS framework was released on September 9, 2020, as a result of a collaborative effort by the Public Health National Center for Innovations (PHNCI) and the de Beaumont Foundation, 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 revised version is intended to bring the framework in line with current and future public health practice. The EPHS framework was originally released in 1994 and more recently updated in 2020. For the past 25 years, the EPHS have served as a well-recognized framework for carrying out the mission of public health. The 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) describe the public health activities that all communities should undertake.
