The movement against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War began smallâamong peace activists and leftist intellectuals on college campusesâbut gained national prominence in 1965, after the United States began bombing North Vietnam in earnest.
Coordinates: 38Â°53â²48â³N 77Â°01â²10â³W / 38.8968Â°N 77.0194Â°W / 38.8968; -77.0194. The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly called the Institute of Medicine (IoM), is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization.
In their 1988 report, The Future of Public Health, the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) defined the three core functions of governmental public health as assessment, policy development, and assurance. The Core Public Health Functions Steering Committee developed the framework for the Essential Services in 1994. This steering committee included representatives from US Public Health Service agencies and other major public health organizations.