The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Accurate, timely, and localized data are vital resources for local health departments’ response efforts against COVID-19. Today,...
Apr 22, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC) has released new guidance for sexual health clinics on reducing in-person...
On Sunday, April 19, NBC Nightly News highlighted the important work of DIS and STD contact tracers in their story, Legion of contact...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released Interim CDC Guidance on Handling Non-COVID-19 Public Health Activities...
Apr 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
The current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is exacting heavy economic and social costs around the world. In the...
Apr 16, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
In this episode from the NACCHO Podcast Series, Ian Goldstein is joined by NACCHO CEO Lori Tremmel Freeman to discuss the importance...
As global communities respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increasing emphasis on public health strategies, like social...
Apr 03, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau is continually updating their Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) webpage....
Apr 01, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
CDC National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Director Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH, issued a “Dear Colleague”...
Accurate, timely, and localized data are vital resources for local health departments’ response efforts against COVID-19. Today, NACCHO launched its COVID-19 Data Lab, powered by Esri, to showcase available data that is geared toward the specific needs of health departments. NACCHO’s COVID-19 Data Lab is a dynamic resource that will evolve over time. In this first […]
Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC) has released new guidance for sexual health clinics on reducing in-person visits. The guidance identifies priority populations for HIV/STI screening visits, suggests the use of telemedicine for contacts of STI cases, and recommends treatments based on patients’ screening results or symptoms. Access the guidance.
On Sunday, April 19, NBC Nightly News highlighted the important work of DIS and STD contact tracers in their story, Legion of contact tracers work to track coronavirus cases and prevent spread. The clip characterizes the work of DIS and discusses their role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out the story to learn more.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released Interim CDC Guidance on Handling Non-COVID-19 Public Health Activities that Require Face-to-Face Interaction with Clients in the Clinic and Field in the Current COVID-19 Pandemic—which includes information on prioritization of services during the COVID-19 pandemic. This guidance also includes an Appendix: NCHHSTP Disease-Specific...
The current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is exacting heavy economic and social costs around the world. In the United States, one aspect of the costs of COVID-19 that is of great interest but little understood is the potential cost to the nation of inpatient services for those with the disease.
In this episode from the NACCHO Podcast Series, Ian Goldstein is joined by NACCHO CEO Lori Tremmel Freeman to discuss the importance of World Immunization Week. They also talk about the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic and how NACCHO is serving local health departments. Later in the program, Ian Goldstein talks with Dr. William Schluter, Director of […]
As global communities respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increasing emphasis on public health strategies, like social distancing measures, to slow the rate of transmission. In response to feedback from public health officials that data could be helpful for making critical decisions to combat COVID-19, Google has published an early release of COVID-19 […]
HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau is continually updating their Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) webpage. Recently added or updated questions include the following: Utilizing emergency financial assistance funding for grocery delivery and cell phone purchases HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau site visit schedule Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Notice of Funding Opportunity deadline...
CDC National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Director Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH, issued a “Dear Colleague” letter detailing additional flexibility CDC has made available to its grantees during the COVID-19 response. Read the letter.
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