The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Local health departments (LHDs) play a critical role in promoting and protecting the health, safety, and well-being of their...
Jan 22, 2020 | Rebekah Horowitz
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
By putting equity at the center of municipal policies, American cities can help create a future of shared prosperity in which all can...
Jan 13, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
The “Sharing and Integrating HIV Client Data Across Provider Organizations to Improve Service Coordination” toolkit was designed to...
Jan 06, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
The National Coalition for Sexual Health (NCSH) recently launched a confidential sexual health quiz to offer an engaging way to...
Dec 17, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
One Health recognizes the interconnection between human, animal, and environmental health. NACCHO recently hosted a webinar to explore...
Dec 16, 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
By Kevin Cevasco, MBA, NACCHO Intern The Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with NACCHO, is identifying ways to introduce...
Dec 10, 2019 | Guest Author
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occur in about one out of every 31 hospital patients. In 2015, the last year for which data...
Nov 21, 2019 | Erin Laird
Local health departments (LHDs) play a critical role in promoting and protecting the health, safety, and well-being of their communities. Whether they are responding to outbreaks, addressing gaps in prevention and care, or mobilizing and supporting partners, much of their work is unrecognized by policymakers, the public, and other stakeholders. This is particularly true for […]
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...
By putting equity at the center of municipal policies, American cities can help create a future of shared prosperity in which all can participate and thrive. The All-In Cities Toolkit from PolicyLink offers actionable strategies that advocates and policymakers can use to advance racial equity. Each tool contains information on important policy considerations, who can implement it, […]
The “Sharing and Integrating HIV Client Data Across Provider Organizations to Improve Service Coordination” toolkit was designed to help organizations interested in sharing data across the HIV and housing sectors to improve care coordination and outcomes for people with HIV who experience housing instability. It was developed as a way to share lessons learned with […]
The National Coalition for Sexual Health (NCSH) recently launched a confidential sexual health quiz to offer an engaging way to educate the public about basic sexual health information. To help local health departments and other public health professionals use this quiz in their communities, NCSH developed a promotional toolkit that includes ideas for how to […]
One Health recognizes the interconnection between human, animal, and environmental health. NACCHO recently hosted a webinar to explore how to use One Health collaborations to enhance investigation capacity for One Health issues facing public health, such as vector-borne diseases and zoonoses driven by wildlife diversity, socioeconomic disparities, and extreme weather events. During the webinar,...
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 […]
By Kevin Cevasco, MBA, NACCHO Intern The Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with NACCHO, is identifying ways to introduce place-based arts practices within county and city public health agencies. This practice is referred to as creative placemaking, and it involves public, private, non-profit, and community sectors partnering up to strategically shape the physical […]
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occur in about one out of every 31 hospital patients. In 2015, the last year for which data are available, this resulted in 72,000 deaths attributed to HAIs. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health threat which compounds the challenge of HAIs. Antibiotic-resistant infections cause over 35,000 deaths each year and nine […]
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A Call to build connection across the LHO community, ensure timely updates, and allow for discussion with federal partners on a regular basis.
A Model Aquatic Health Code Network webinar featuring Columbus Public Health.
Gain a deeper understanding of the core concepts of health equity and how to incorporate equity into everyday practices.
PHI*con is a conference focusing on Public Health Informatics, Surveillance, and IT. It will be held July 22-23, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan.
The largest convening of local health department leaders and public health professionals in the United States.
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma
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Oct 12, 2023 | Anu Varma
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The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance (BLOC COVID-19+)...
Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross
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Stories from the Field provides a means for local health departments to share their experiences and demonstrate the value of public health.
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