The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Prescribe HIV Prevention is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Act Against AIDS communication campaign...
Sep 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on Wednesday, September 12 to...
By Andrew Linton, CPM, RS, Division Manager, Environmental Health Division, Maricopa County Environmental Services Department...
Sep 04, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), has an opening for...
Aug 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Dylan Williams, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO Climate change is a problem of national magnitude...
Jul 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Mike Zelek, MPH, Division Director, Health Promotion and Policy, Chatham County Public Health Department Planning for public health...
Jul 17, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
In early 2018, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)...
Jul 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
On June 25, NACCHO hosted a webinar on communicating changing guidance, in the context of the Zika response and beyond. Zika virus...
Jun 25, 2018 | Christina Baum
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter regarding the U.S. Food and Drug...
May 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Prescribe HIV Prevention is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Act Against AIDS communication campaign designed to help reduce HIV incidence in the United States. The Prescribe HIV Prevention program helps health care providers use PrEP and PEP to prevent new HIV infections and improve health outcomes for patients at high risk […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on Wednesday, September 12 to coordinate 24/7 all CDC activities for public health needs before, during, and after Hurricane Florence, including the deployment of resources and personnel, as requested. CDC staff expects to offer specific assistance that includes recommendations for: General and...
By Andrew Linton, CPM, RS, Division Manager, Environmental Health Division, Maricopa County Environmental Services Department Editor’s Note: September is National Food Safety Month. Throughout the month, NACCHO is featuring local health departments’ food safety efforts, starting with Maricopa County. The Maricopa County Environmental Services Department (MCESD) is the proud recipient...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), has an opening for a research fellowship in Washington, DC. The ORISE Fellow will support a range of activities related to the HIV.gov mission. The Fellow will be involved in a team environment in the Office of HIV/AIDS and […]
By Dylan Williams, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO Climate change is a problem of national magnitude that affects the health of all Americans. Climate change deteriorates the health of the public by exacerbating extreme weather events and altering natural ecosystems, which affects food sources and the migration of vector-borne diseases. The implications […]
By Mike Zelek, MPH, Division Director, Health Promotion and Policy, Chatham County Public Health Department Planning for public health seems to be all the rage these days, with public health practitioners engaging partners from a range of sectors in hopes of finally making progress on those hard-to-change issues like obesity. At the Chatham County Public Health […]
In early 2018, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) interviewed health and environmental agency staff from 13 states regarding their risk communication strategies and lessons learned for two priority waterborne contaminants, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) (6 states) and harmful algal blooms (HABs) (7...
On June 25, NACCHO hosted a webinar on communicating changing guidance, in the context of the Zika response and beyond. Zika virus emerged as a challenging threat to the United States because of the potentially devastating effects of the virus, the multiple routes of transmission, and the continual evolution of our collective understanding of the […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Drug Safety Communication on the potential risk of antiretroviral medication dolutegravir (DTG) associated neural tube birth defects. Read the letter.
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