The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Today CDC released the 2016-2018 NIS-Child report and the 2018-19 kindergarten vaccination coverage report. The reports are published...
Oct 17, 2019 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
CDC released results from the 2018 National Immunization Survey-Teen (NIS-Teen) in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which...
Sep 12, 2019 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on...
Aug 15, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The CDC Vital Signs series addresses a single important public health topic each month. This month’s release presents findings on...
Aug 12, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
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
In honor of Hepatitis Awareness Month, NASTAD released three new success stories featuring health department responses to the...
Jun 04, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO and Hep B United recently hosted a webinar on Hidden Consequences: The Opioid Epidemic and Rising Hepatitis B Rates. View the...
May 29, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Harm Reduction Journal recently published “Understanding the public health consequences of suspending a rural syringe services...
May 24, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
A new report from the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise (ACRE), the Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic, and the Institute for...
May 14, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Today CDC released the 2016-2018 NIS-Child report and the 2018-19 kindergarten vaccination coverage report. The reports are published online at https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/. Interactive state level and trend data are available online at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vaxview/. CDC’s priority messages include: The US has already had 22 measles outbreaks in 2019, and most cases were among people who...
CDC released results from the 2018 National Immunization Survey-Teen (NIS-Teen) in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which provides the latest estimates of vaccination rates among adolescents in the United States.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on August 13, 2019. NOFO HRSA-20-078: Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America — Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Parts A and B focus resources within the phase 1 jurisdictions outlined in the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative […]
The CDC Vital Signs series addresses a single important public health topic each month. This month’s release presents findings on naloxone prescribing in the United States from 2012 to 2018 and county-level naloxone dispensing in 2018. Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Key findings of the report: […]
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 […]
In honor of Hepatitis Awareness Month, NASTAD released three new success stories featuring health department responses to the hepatitis A outbreak and highlighting the work that has taken place in Indiana, Michigan, and Utah. The Success Stories highlight the need for multi-stakeholder engagement and working with partners such as syringe service providers, community-based organizations, and...
NACCHO and Hep B United recently hosted a webinar on Hidden Consequences: The Opioid Epidemic and Rising Hepatitis B Rates. View the video recording and see the presentation materials below. Presentation Slides: Alphabet Study: A, B, C, D; Jack Hildick-Smith LENOWISCO Health District Comprehensive Harm Reduction Program; Michelle McPheron Handouts: Community Response Planning for Outbreaks of...
The Harm Reduction Journal recently published “Understanding the public health consequences of suspending a rural syringe services program: a qualitative study of the experiences of people who inject drugs,” which examines the impact of closing a syringe service program (SSP) in Charleston, West Virginia on the health of people who inject drugs (PWID). In late […]
A new report from the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise (ACRE), the Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic, and the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University seeks to bring attention to the unique plight of rural U.S. communities struggling to secure basic sanitation and wastewater. The problem of inadequate and unaffordable […]
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