The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
To increase public and practitioner awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV), HPV-related diseases, and the importance of HPV...
Jan 28, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
The CDC has recently released an updated version of its Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit. The 48-page toolkit is a comprehensive...
Jan 22, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), Global Initiative Against HPV and Cervical Cancer (GIAHC), and Indiana University are...
Jan 15, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Through support from the CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), NACCHO would like to explore local...
Dec 17, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The California Immunization Coalition (CIC) recently launched an immunization campaign – in partnership with The Community, a...
Dec 13, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
By Nnandi Massac, Communications Intern The holiday season has arrived and with it comes family gatherings, work parties, and...
Dec 11, 2019 | Guest Author
The National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit (NAIIS) is soliciting nominations for the 2020 NAIIS Immunization Excellence...
Dec 04, 2019 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
Researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) were awarded a grant by National Institute of Health’s National Institute of...
Nov 13, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The New York Times and CNN have published articles that explore how measles can have devastating effects on the immune system that...
Nov 06, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
To increase public and practitioner awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV), HPV-related diseases, and the importance of HPV vaccination, the U.S. observes HPV Prevention Week, January 25 – 31, 2020. Supported by numerous organizations nationally, Us vs HPV Week includes a series of webinars, social media campaigns, and local events to increase knowledge of HPV and […]
The CDC has recently released an updated version of its Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit. The 48-page toolkit is a comprehensive guide detailing best practices in vaccine storage and handling based on recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), product information from vaccine manufacturers, and scientific vaccine studies. The toolkit has been updated for...
The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), Global Initiative Against HPV and Cervical Cancer (GIAHC), and Indiana University are hosting a free, five-part webinar series about HPV and HPV-related issues: January 27—HPV Update: Community Initiatives and Challenges January 28—Medical Societies’ Efforts Against HPV January 29—Gathering Momentum for the Global Elimination of Cervical...
Through support from the CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), NACCHO would like to explore local health departments’ efforts to increase vaccine confidence within their communities. NACCHO will provide both formal and informal assistance to local health departments that have identified pockets of low immunization coverage or vaccine hesitancy and are engaging...
The California Immunization Coalition (CIC) recently launched an immunization campaign – in partnership with The Community, a local San Francisco Advertising Agency – with the goal of finding ways anyone can help spread the message and encourage more people to get their flu shot. The idea is called “FluDropped” and it uses the AirDrop feature on an iPhone […]
By Nnandi Massac, Communications Intern The holiday season has arrived and with it comes family gatherings, work parties, and something less fun: increased flu activity. In the first two months of this flu season (October 1 to November 30), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 2.5 million illnesses, 1.2 million medical […]
The National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit (NAIIS) is soliciting nominations for the 2020 NAIIS Immunization Excellence Awards. The 2020 awards recognize individuals and organizations that have made extraordinary contributions towards improving vaccination rates within their communities during 2019. Awardees exemplify the meaning of the “immunization neighborhood”...
Researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) were awarded a grant by National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to explore the efficacy of the vaccine, Bexsero, in protecting against infection with bacteria that causes gonorrhea.
The New York Times and CNN have published articles that explore how measles can have devastating effects on the immune system that persist much longer than the illness itself. The articles reference new studies published in Science and Science Immunology.
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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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