The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
In the United States, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the rise, reaching record levels in 2017. Young people aged 15-24...
Apr 10, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Each year organizations across the globe recognize March 24 as World TB Day to commemorate the discovery of the bacterium that causes...
Apr 09, 2019 | Erin Laird
Observed each April, STD Awareness Month serves to raise awareness about what sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs)...
Apr 03, 2019 | Rebekah Horowitz
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
National HIV Testing Week US (NHTWUS), which will take place June 21-27, 2019, is a commitment to building a network of community...
Mar 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
In late spring/early summer of 2018, NACCHO hosted a four-part webinar series to help local health departments build capacity to...
Jan 24, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Webinar informing public health practitioners about precision medicine, the All of Us Research Program, and their implications for...
Antimicrobial drugs like antibiotics transformed medical care, rendering once life-threatening infections easily treatable and...
Dec 05, 2018 | Erin Laird
The rising incidence of hepatitis C in the United States has introduced new public health challenges with a diverse set of clinical...
Nov 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
In the United States, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the rise, reaching record levels in 2017. Young people aged 15-24 account for half of new STIs each year, due in part to barriers they face in accessing sexual health services. Many young people are reluctant to seek sexual health services due to stigma or […]
Each year organizations across the globe recognize March 24 as World TB Day to commemorate the discovery of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), raise awareness about the impacts of TB, and highlight opportunities to combat this disease. This year’s theme, “It’s Time,” urged leaders worldwide to commit to taking action to address TB. NACCHO […]
Observed each April, STD Awareness Month serves to raise awareness about what sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs) are, how they impact our lives, and why it’s important to prevent, test for, and treat them. As such, NACCHO leverages this observance annually to bring attention to STDs/STIs and mobilize health departments to strengthen their prevention, testing, and treatment...
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 […]
National HIV Testing Week US (NHTWUS), which will take place June 21-27, 2019, is a commitment to building a network of community partners to help more individuals become aware of their HIV status and to encourage those who know their HIV status and are not in care to start a discussion with a healthcare provider […]
In late spring/early summer of 2018, NACCHO hosted a four-part webinar series to help local health departments build capacity to engage in public health communication. The webinar topics were selected based on a two-part needs assessment that NACCHO conducted to determine local health departments’ communications capacity, capabilities, and skills gaps. The presentation slides from those...
Webinar informing public health practitioners about precision medicine, the All of Us Research Program, and their implications for public health.
Antimicrobial drugs like antibiotics transformed medical care, rendering once life-threatening infections easily treatable and reducing the risk of infection associated with surgery and chemotherapy. Advances in agriculture soon followed as farmers began using antimicrobial drugs to treat and prevent infections in their flocks and herds. However, overuse of these important drugs in both human and...
The rising incidence of hepatitis C in the United States has introduced new public health challenges with a diverse set of clinical and social consequences. The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) has developed fact sheets to increase awareness and generate discussion among the hepatitis community about current issues facing two unique populations: pregnant women and […]
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