New Center at NIC strives for children’s health solutions

2 Jan 2017

The Nebraska Innovation Campus has announced a new partner. The Children’s Center for the Child & Community has moved into space on campus. The center aims to integrate health care and public health efforts to improve the overall health of children statewide. The center will collaborate with municipalities to create local solutions to large-scale children’s health issues such as childhood obesity, poverty, injury prevention and food insecurity.

The vision of the center will strengthen the organization’s role in advocacy and health care policy by building partnerships to improve children’s health. This center is an excellent addition to the Nebraska Innovation Campus. For more information, click here: http://innovate.unl.edu/news/new-center-nic-strives-children%E2%80%99s-health-solutions

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