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On Sept. 1, NACCHO launched a Vaccines for Children awareness campaign with a radio media tour featuring Herminia Palacio, MD, MPH, executive director of Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services (Houston, TX) and NACCHO Board member. Dr. Palacio conducted interviews in English and Spanish with 11 radio stations and media outlets across the country. This campaign kick-off reached over 3.5 million listeners. More » 
As a result of the economic downturn, local health departments (LHDs) are having to make decisions about cutting jobs as well as health services. The H1N1 outbreak has further illuminated these hard choices. Follow the media coverage here. 
Basic health and safety protections that people take for granted are seriously threatened by the current adverse economic conditions. Budget cuts and job losses in industry have been big news for more than a year, but local health departments have been hard hit, too. Read NACCHO Executive Director Robert Pestronk's editorial on the subject, which appeared in the June 7, 2010 issue of Modern Healthcare. More » Please allow a few moments for the RWJF widget to load completely. You may also watch the Lillian Shirley Multnomah County Health Department video on NACCHO's YouTube channel. Local Decisions, Local Action: Local Health Departments’ H1N1 Activities, by News Media, April-August 2009 Media accounts published during the first four months of the H1N1 epidemic depict a broad range of LHD activities that came into play. This report summarizes 278 articles and other media accounts that appeared between April 27 and August 25, 2009, and presents a panorama depicting how local health departments (LHDs)—along with their emergency preparedness partners—were and still are responding to the emerging pandemic. |
