The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The year of 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic, one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in human history,...
May 13, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
As part of National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Association of...
Apr 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
By Erin Polich, MPH, Senior Program Manager, Office of Public Health Preparedness, Boston Public Health Commission Editor’s...
Apr 05, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
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
In response to the 2017 Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, NACCHO hosted two Vector Surveillance and Control Workshops in partnership...
Feb 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Note: This is the seventh edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a...
Feb 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program...
Feb 19, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
ASTHO conducted a survey of state and territorial directors of public health preparedness and environmental health to learn more about...
Feb 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
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
The year of 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic, one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in human history, which took the lives of more than 50 million people. While there have been advances in mitigating the threat of pandemics since then, recent epidemics shed light on the major gaps in human […]
As part of National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) announce the recipients of the CDC Childhood Immunization Champion Award. This award recognizes individuals who make significant contributions toward improving public health through their work in childhood immunizations. Each year, up to one...
By Erin Polich, MPH, Senior Program Manager, Office of Public Health Preparedness, Boston Public Health Commission Editor’s Note: In January 2019, NACCHO awarded the Boston Public Health Commission and the Marquette County Health Department with grants to support ongoing climate change and health adaptation initiatives. The blog post below highlights Boston’s work in honor of […]
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 […]
In response to the 2017 Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, NACCHO hosted two Vector Surveillance and Control Workshops in partnership with the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The goal of the workshops was to increase the capacity of low-resource jurisdictions affected by the 2017 hurricanes to […]
Note: This is the seventh edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a question here. February 2019 Dear Greener Guidance, I am writing to inquire about environmental health (EH) emergency preparedness best practices, specifically with the integration of EH with public health, emergency medical services, and behavioral health in response...
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) are designed to help food regulatory programs enhance the services they provide to the public. This post is part of NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards blog series showcasing the progress that communities across the country have made in retail […]
ASTHO conducted a survey of state and territorial directors of public health preparedness and environmental health to learn more about the protocols, tools, resources, infrastructure, and gaps related to drinking water emergency preparedness and response infrastructure. The data provided in this report is one effort to identify strengths and understand the complexities of water preparedness, but...
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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