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NMAC Launches New Initiative: Building Leaders of Color Living with HIV
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), in partnership with the Transgender Law Center, HIV Caucus, and the Positive Women’s...
Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Reminder: OraSure HCV Grant Program Deadline Approaching
The OraSure HCV Grant Program is a recently announced funding opportunity designed to foster innovative approaches to hepatitis C...
Aug 22, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
The PATH to Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance
By Natalie Mulloy, NACCHO Government Affairs Intern According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotic or...
Aug 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Awards New Antibiotic Resistance and Food Safety Funds to Health Departments
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding $30 million to state and local health departments supporting their...
Aug 04, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
World Hepatitis Day: What Local Health Departments Can Do to Address a Global Burden
World Hepatitis Day— today, July 28—brings awareness to the more than 400 million people across the globe who are infected with...
Jul 28, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
A Call to Action: Prepare for Climate Change
By Paul Biedrzycki, MPH, MBA, CIH, Director of Disease Control and Environmental Health, City of Milwaukee Health Department...
Jun 15, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
CDC Finds that Diagnostic Tests Challenge Foodborne Illness Tracking
In the April 15, 2016 issue of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the report states that diagnostic tests used to...
May 02, 2016 | Amy Chang
Zika Action Plan Summit: Lessons for Local Health Departments
On April 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted the Zika Action Plan Summit to convene state, local, and tribal...
Apr 14, 2016 | Christina Baum
World TB Day: Unite to End TB
World TB Day is celebrated each March 24, commemorating the anniversary of the day in 1882 when Robert Koch announced the discovery of...
Mar 24, 2016 | Christina Baum
NMAC Launches New Initiative: Building Leaders of Color Living with HIVThe National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), in partnership with the Transgender Law Center, HIV Caucus, and the Positive Women’s Network – USA, recently launched Building Leaders of Color Living with HIV (BLOC). The BLOC will train people of color living with HIV to be full, active, and engaged participants on planning bodies, medical and support care teams, boards […] Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Reminder: OraSure HCV Grant Program Deadline ApproachingThe OraSure HCV Grant Program is a recently announced funding opportunity designed to foster innovative approaches to hepatitis C (HCV) testing. The program is seeking proposals that demonstrate the effective use of rapid HCV screening in identifying positive individuals in a specific public healthcare setting and linking those individuals into care. Award recipients will receive (up to) 300... Aug 22, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
The PATH to Combatting Antimicrobial ResistanceBy Natalie Mulloy, NACCHO Government Affairs Intern According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance is one of the most pressing health challenges in our nation. Antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance occurs when microbes are able to spread despite the treatment of drugs, placing individuals at high risk for death. Recently, an […] Aug 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Awards New Antibiotic Resistance and Food Safety Funds to Health DepartmentsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding $30 million to state and local health departments supporting their efforts of tracking, investigating and preventing foodborne illness. Grant recipients will receive training for and access to advanced technology, including whole genome sequencers to improve detection and surveillance for antibiotic-resistance intestinal bacteria.... Aug 04, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
World Hepatitis Day: What Local Health Departments Can Do to Address a Global BurdenWorld Hepatitis Day— today, July 28—brings awareness to the more than 400 million people across the globe who are infected with chronic viral hepatitis, including up to 150 million living with hepatitis C virus (HCV). In the United States, more than 3.5 million Americans—particularly baby boomers (those born between 1945 and 1965)—are living with HCV, making it the most common chronic […] Jul 28, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
A Call to Action: Prepare for Climate ChangeBy Paul Biedrzycki, MPH, MBA, CIH, Director of Disease Control and Environmental Health, City of Milwaukee Health Department Regardless of the current political debates on the existence of climate change, there is mounting and compelling scientific evidence that not only indicates climate change is occurring, but also predicts significant health risks, especially for vulnerable populations.... Jun 15, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
CDC Finds that Diagnostic Tests Challenge Foodborne Illness TrackingIn the April 15, 2016 issue of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the report states that diagnostic tests used to identify foodborne illnesses faster could soon pose challenges to finding outbreaks and monitoring progress toward preventing foodborne disease. Culture-independent diagnostic tests (CIDTs) help doctors diagnose infections quicker than traditional culture methods,... May 02, 2016 | Amy Chang |
Zika Action Plan Summit: Lessons for Local Health DepartmentsOn April 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted the Zika Action Plan Summit to convene state, local, and tribal representatives to improve Zika preparedness and response in the United States. Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, Executive Director, and Dr. Oscar Alleyne, Senior Adviser for Public Health Programs, attended on behalf of NACCHO. I spoke […] Apr 14, 2016 | Christina Baum |
World TB Day: Unite to End TBWorld TB Day is celebrated each March 24, commemorating the anniversary of the day in 1882 when Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB). The day serves to build public awareness that though much has changed since Koch’s time, the fight against tuberculosis still rages on. This year’s […] Mar 24, 2016 | Christina Baum |
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