NACCHO Funds Four Local Health Departments to Prevent HIV and STDs among Adolescents

NACCHO awarded four local health departments funding to identify and implement strategies to reduce HIV and STDs among adolescents...

Aug 31, 2017 | Samantha Ritter

  • NIAM Blog Series 2017: Increasing Immunization through School-Located Clinics

    Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of...

    Aug 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • NIAM Blog Series 2017: Turning the Tide on HPV Vaccination Rates

    Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of...

    Aug 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • New Inclusion Initiative Video: Reaching People with Disabilities Through Healthy...

    The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

    Aug 25, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • CDC Report: National Immunization Survey (Teen) Summarizes Adolescent Vaccination...

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released the 2016 National Immunization Survey-Teen report, which provides...

    Aug 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • CDC Awards $200M to Fight Infectious Diseases & Antibiotic Resistance

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently awarded more than $200 million through the Epidemiology and Laboratory...

    Aug 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • MMWR: Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy to Prevent HIV Transmission to Women...

    In a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) addresses Effects of...

    Aug 23, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • NIAM Blog Series: Increasing Adult Immunizations through Education and Outreach

    Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of...

    Aug 16, 2017 | Courtney Martin

  • Join CDC Thunderclap: World Mosquito Day 2017

    To promote this year’s World Mosquito Day, occurring on Sunday, August 20, 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

    Aug 15, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • NACCHO Funds Four Local Health Departments to Prevent HIV and STDs among Adolescents

    NACCHO awarded four local health departments funding to identify and implement strategies to reduce HIV and STDs among adolescents through school-based programs. The award will provide support to the local health departments to convene a diverse array of community stakeholders to participate in a NACCHO-facilitated action planning process that will result in the identification of […]

    Aug 31, 2017 | Samantha Ritter

    NIAM Blog Series 2017: Increasing Immunization through School-Located Clinics

    Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of immunizations across the lifespan. In this week’s post, we sat down with Denver Public Health’s (DPH’s) Alejandra Santisteban, MPH, ‎Program Assistant for the Immunizations Program, to discuss DPH’s in-school immunization program. Tell us about...

    Aug 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    NIAM Blog Series 2017: Turning the Tide on HPV Vaccination Rates

    Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of immunizations across the lifespan. This week’s NIAM Blog Series post takes us to Florida, where high rates of human papilloma virus (HPV)-associated cancers and low HPV vaccination rates led the Florida Department of Health in Broward County (DOH-Broward) […]

    Aug 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    New Inclusion Initiative Video: Reaching People with Disabilities Through Healthy Communities

    The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a video about their ongoing inclusion project. NACDD is working with 10 local communities across five states to build healthy communities inclusive of people with disabilities. This project focuses on accessibility as a means to […]

    Aug 25, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    CDC Report: National Immunization Survey (Teen) Summarizes Adolescent Vaccination Rates

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released the 2016 National Immunization Survey-Teen report, which provides the latest estimates of adolescent vaccination rates in the United States. The following are key findings from the report: Most parents are choosing to start the HPV vaccination series for their child. The gap in HPV vaccination […]

    Aug 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    CDC Awards $200M to Fight Infectious Diseases & Antibiotic Resistance

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently awarded more than $200 million through the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) cooperative agreement to help states, cities, counties, and territories prevent, detect, respond to, and control the growing threats posed by emerging and re-emerging infectious disease, as well as antibiotic resistance. State...

    Aug 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    MMWR: Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy to Prevent HIV Transmission to Women Attempting Conception

    In a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) addresses Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy to Prevent HIV Transmission to Women in Couples Attempting Conception When the Man Has HIV Infection — United States, 2017. View the report.

    Aug 23, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    NIAM Blog Series: Increasing Adult Immunizations through Education and Outreach

    Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of immunizations across the lifespan. In this Q&A, Linda Baker, RN, Public Health Nurse at the Orange County (NY) Health Department, discusses how her local health department is working to improve immunization rates in their adult population. As a […]

    Aug 16, 2017 | Courtney Martin

    Join CDC Thunderclap: World Mosquito Day 2017

    To promote this year’s World Mosquito Day, occurring on Sunday, August 20, 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is hosting a social media Thunderclap at 10 am ET on Sunday. Thunderclap helps amplify social media messages by connecting partners and friends to share the same message at the same time through Facebook, Twitter, […]

    Aug 15, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

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