The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The de Beaumont Foundation created 40 Under 40 in Public Health to recognize leaders whose creativity and innovation are strengthening...
Jun 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Since 2017, multiple states have been engaged in outbreak responses as a result of increased cases of Hepatitis A. In a June 2018...
May 31, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a Supply Chain Resilience Guide to provide emergency managers with...
May 06, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
As part of National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Association of...
Apr 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The theme for this year’s World Water Day, recognized annually on March 22, is “Leaving no one behind.” Billions of people around the...
Mar 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
In response to the 2017 Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, NACCHO hosted two Vector Surveillance and Control Workshops in partnership...
Feb 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Note: This is the seventh edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a...
Feb 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
ASTHO conducted a survey of state and territorial directors of public health preparedness and environmental health to learn more about...
Feb 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO’s Forces of Change survey examines the impact of the changing public health landscape on local health department (LHD) budgets,...
Feb 12, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The de Beaumont Foundation created 40 Under 40 in Public Health to recognize leaders whose creativity and innovation are strengthening communities across the country. Of the 40 honorees, 14 work for local health departments, with two focusing on environmental health: Jessica Gehle of Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (WA) and Jacqualyn (Jackie) Littlepage of Lake County […]
Since 2017, multiple states have been engaged in outbreak responses as a result of increased cases of Hepatitis A. In a June 2018 Health Alert Advisory, the Centers for Disease Control stated that of the more than 1,900 reports for which risk factors are known, more than 1,300 (68%) of the infected persons report drug […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a Supply Chain Resilience Guide to provide emergency managers with recommendations on how to analyze supply chains and work with the private sector to enhance supply chain resilience in support of the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101: Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans. The guide also identifies how the […]
As part of National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) announce the recipients of the CDC Childhood Immunization Champion Award. This award recognizes individuals who make significant contributions toward improving public health through their work in childhood immunizations. Each year, up to one...
The theme for this year’s World Water Day, recognized annually on March 22, is “Leaving no one behind.” Billions of people around the world already live without access to safe water, and in emergencies, those numbers increase exponentially. Across the United States, aging water infrastructure, severe weather, and accidents cause an estimated 240,000 water main […]
In response to the 2017 Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, NACCHO hosted two Vector Surveillance and Control Workshops in partnership with the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The goal of the workshops was to increase the capacity of low-resource jurisdictions affected by the 2017 hurricanes to […]
Note: This is the seventh edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a question here. February 2019 Dear Greener Guidance, I am writing to inquire about environmental health (EH) emergency preparedness best practices, specifically with the integration of EH with public health, emergency medical services, and behavioral health in response...
ASTHO conducted a survey of state and territorial directors of public health preparedness and environmental health to learn more about the protocols, tools, resources, infrastructure, and gaps related to drinking water emergency preparedness and response infrastructure. The data provided in this report is one effort to identify strengths and understand the complexities of water preparedness, but...
NACCHO’s Forces of Change survey examines the impact of the changing public health landscape on local health department (LHD) budgets, programs, and workforce. Forces of Change enables NACCHO to respond rapidly to emerging issues; by learning more about the trends affecting local health departments, we can develop and improve upon programs that support the work […]
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PHI*con is a conference focusing on Public Health Informatics, Surveillance, and IT. It will be held July 22-23, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan.
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NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
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The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
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