Call for Posters: 2017 Practical Playbook National Meeting

The Practical Playbook has issued a Call for Posters for its 2nd annual National Meeting: Improving Population Health: Collaborative...

Feb 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • NASTAD Success Stories: Ready to End the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Epidemics Chair’s...

    The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has released a series of success stories highlighting local...

    Feb 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Cervical Health Awareness Month: Increasing HPV Vaccination to Promote Cervical...

    According to the National Cervical Cancer Coalition, nearly 13,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each...

    Jan 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Reflections from the 2016 Harm Reduction Conference

    Harm reduction is an important movement that started thirty years ago in the early days of the HIV epidemic, when people who inject...

    Dec 06, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Announcing Sixth Cohort in NACCHO Mentorship Program for the Retail Program Standards

    Made possible through a new cooperative agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), NACCHO is pleased to announce the...

    Dec 02, 2016 | Amy Chang

  • CDC/DASH Announces New Division Director

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently named Dr. Kathleen Ethier as the new Division Director of CDC’s Division...

    Nov 17, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • The CIFOR Toolkit: A Powerful Training Resource Advancing Foodborne Outbreak Response

    By Scott E. Holmes, REHS, MS, Environmental Public Health Manager, Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department What do you get when you...

    Oct 06, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Watch the Insightful General Sessions from NACCHO Annual 2016

    Local health department (LHD) leaders and staff can now watch the general sessions from the 2016 NACCHO Annual Conference, held July...

    Oct 04, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Celebrating National Food Safety Education Month

    Foodborne illnesses have been headlining the news in recent years, from Chipotle’s 2015 Norovirus outbreaks to the recent...

    Sep 09, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Call for Posters: 2017 Practical Playbook National Meeting

    The Practical Playbook has issued a Call for Posters for its 2nd annual National Meeting: Improving Population Health: Collaborative Strategies That Work. The meeting will take place May 31 – June 2, 2017 at The Westin Washington D.C., City Center. The Poster Session is an important part of the National Meeting, providing an opportunity for […]

    Feb 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    NASTAD Success Stories: Ready to End the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Epidemics Chair’s Challenge

    The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has released a series of success stories highlighting local health department’s HIV and viral hepatitis programs that address individual-, community-, and systems-level needs. These stories recognize the important work of health department HIV and viral hepatitis programs and demonstrate innovation, vision, and commitment to...

    Feb 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Cervical Health Awareness Month: Increasing HPV Vaccination to Promote Cervical Health

    According to the National Cervical Cancer Coalition, nearly 13,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year. Fortunately, with vaccinations and screenings (i.e., Pap and HPV tests), the disease is essentially preventable. To celebrate Cervical Health Awareness Month, and in recognition of the critical role vaccination, NACCHO checked in with two […]

    Jan 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Reflections from the 2016 Harm Reduction Conference

    Harm reduction is an important movement that started thirty years ago in the early days of the HIV epidemic, when people who inject drugs and their sex partners were dying of AIDS at alarming rates. Harm reduction is a framework for meeting people where they are at and reducing the negative consequences of drug use. […]

    Dec 06, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Announcing Sixth Cohort in NACCHO Mentorship Program for the Retail Program Standards

    Made possible through a new cooperative agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), NACCHO is pleased to announce the sixth participant cohort for its Mentorship Program for the Retail Program Standards. The peer mentorship program provides opportunities to learn, share experiences, and acquire tools and resources related to the FDA’s Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory...

    Dec 02, 2016 | Amy Chang

    CDC/DASH Announces New Division Director

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently named Dr. Kathleen Ethier as the new Division Director of CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), effective November 28, 2016. Dr. Ethier brings a wealth of public health experience and leadership in addressing health issues of youth and women, with a focus on HIV, […]

    Nov 17, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    The CIFOR Toolkit: A Powerful Training Resource Advancing Foodborne Outbreak Response

    By Scott E. Holmes, REHS, MS, Environmental Public Health Manager, Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department What do you get when you bring together over 60 public health professionals specializing in environmental health, epidemiology, and laboratory sciences, representing 15 different local and state agencies to discuss how to improve foodborne outbreak response in Nebraska? A major “reboot”...

    Oct 06, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Watch the Insightful General Sessions from NACCHO Annual 2016

    Local health department (LHD) leaders and staff can now watch the general sessions from the 2016 NACCHO Annual Conference, held July 19–21 in Phoenix. The conference brought together more than 1,300 participants, who heard from national thought leaders, learned about successful and replicable public health practices from their peers, and discussed the pressing challenges affecting […]

    Oct 04, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Celebrating National Food Safety Education Month

    Foodborne illnesses have been headlining the news in recent years, from Chipotle’s 2015 Norovirus outbreaks to the recent contamination of strawberries imported to the U.S. from Egypt that sparked cases of Hepatitis A. September marks National Food Safety Education Month, also known as National Food Safety Month, which was created to raise awareness about preventing […]

    Sep 09, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

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