The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Whether monitoring travelers for Ebola, managing a large-scale foodborne outbreak, investigating environmental exposures, or...
Dec 02, 2019 | Christina Baum
NACCHO released the following statement in response to the newly released Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report, 2019 from the Centers...
Nov 13, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
In October 2018, NACCHO, along with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), the Association of State and Territorial...
Oct 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The theme for this year’s World Environmental Health Day, celebrated on Sept. 26, calls for unified action among the global...
Sep 26, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is now accepting submissions for abstracts to present at its fourth virtual...
Jul 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By Surili Sutaria Patel, Deputy Director, Center for Public Health Policy, American Public Health Association
Jul 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Observed each April, STD Awareness Month serves to raise awareness about what sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs)...
Apr 03, 2019 | Rebekah Horowitz
Vaccinate Your Family: The Next Generation of Every Child By Two has released their third annual State of the ImmUnion (SOTI) report....
Apr 03, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
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
Whether monitoring travelers for Ebola, managing a large-scale foodborne outbreak, investigating environmental exposures, or identifying the unknown cause of an illness, during an outbreak or event, epidemiology and infectious disease staff at local health departments (LHDs) can be stretched thin. LHDs have lost 23% of their workforce since 2008, shedding over 40,000 jobs across the country. This...
NACCHO released the following statement in response to the newly released Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report, 2019 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report reveals the threat of antibiotic resistance is bigger than previously projected and continues to grow, resulting in at least 2.8 million infections, more than 35,000 deaths, and billions […]
In October 2018, NACCHO, along with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), and the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) began a collaborative project to address lead poisoning using a Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach, informally referred to as the HiAP + Lead Collaborative.
The theme for this year’s World Environmental Health Day, celebrated on Sept. 26, calls for unified action among the global environmental health community to tackle climate change.
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is now accepting submissions for abstracts to present at its fourth virtual conference, P.E.S.T. – Pest-Control through Environmentally Sustainable Treatments. Submit an abstract to present and take advantage of a unique opportunity to help advance and engage with environmental health and pest management professionals in an exciting virtual...
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...
Vaccinate Your Family: The Next Generation of Every Child By Two has released their third annual State of the ImmUnion (SOTI) report. The 2019 report examines how strong our defenses truly are against vaccine-preventable diseases and what we can do, as public health advocates and legislators, to make our country stronger and more resilient in […]
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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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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Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross
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Stories from the Field provides a means for local health departments to share their experiences and demonstrate the value of public health.
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