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National Association of County and City Health Officials’ Podcast From Washington: Local Health Departments Respond to Monkeypox
Washington, DC, November 1, 2022 — In this week’s podcast, the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ Government Affairs team members Adriane Casalotti and Kerry Allen provided an update on the status of federal funding and discussed NACCHO’s priorities for a possible Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill. They also reviewed the progress made on legislation to establish a public health loan repayment program and NACCHO’s ongoing efforts to get that program across the finish line before the 117th Congress ends. These efforts include an upcoming opportunity for NACCHO members to engage with their federal lawmakers in support of the program. In addition, Casalotti described the implications of and discussion around the recent CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations on the COVID-19 vaccine.
Later in the program (13:43), local health leaders examined their response to one of the latest outbreaks – monkeypox (MPX) – with Dr. Philip Huang, Director of the Dallas County Health and Human Services, Andy Meléndez Salgado, MPH, Manager of the Public Health Emergencies and Environmental Health Unit of the New Orleans Health Department, and Dr. Judith Shlay, Associate Director of the Public Health Institute at Denver Health. They discussed how local health departments are working to reach populations at risk for MPX and how lessons learned from the COVID-19 response are helping local jurisdictions to address MPX. Listen to the episode.
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About NACCHO
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) represents the nation’s nearly 3,000 local governmental health departments. These city, county, metropolitan, district, and tribal departments work every day to protect and promote health and well-being for all people in their communities. For more information about NACCHO, please visit www.naccho.org.