Reflections from the National Academies Meeting on Improving Population Health

By Mukti Kulkarni, MD, NACCHO Prevention Health Policy Resident With so many fiscal challenges, how can local health departments...

Nov 28, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Report: Preliminary Findings of “Hepatitis C: The State of Medicaid Access”

    The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI)...

    Nov 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • First cases of Candida auris reported in United States

    Thirteen cases of Candida auris (C. auris), a serious and sometimes fatal fungal infection that is emerging globally, have been...

    Nov 09, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Call for Submissions: NACCHO Annual 2017 Abstracts

    The Conference Planning Workgroup invites the submission of abstracts for the 2017 NACCHO Annual Conference,to be hosted July 11–13 in...

    Nov 08, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Blog Series: Antimicrobial Resistance & Global Health Security – The State of...

    Due to the continued application and overuse of antimicrobials, antimicrobial resistance – which includes resistance among bacteria,...

    Nov 03, 2016 | Sara Chang

  • Health Literacy Month: Health Literacy as an Issue of Health Equity

    In the last decade, health equity has increasingly become a critical concern in the field of public health. From the local to federal...

    Oct 31, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • NACCHO Global Climate Change Workgroup is Recruiting

    NACCHO is currently looking for new members to join its Global Climate Change Workgroup. Local health officials, environmental health...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • NACCHO Food Safety Workgroup is Recruiting

    NACCHO is currently looking for new members to join its Food Safety Workgroup. Local health department officials, sanitarians,...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • New Health Impact Assessment Resources for Local Health Departments

    The NACCHO Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Community of Practice has developed four new tools to support local health department (LHD)...

    Oct 14, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Reflections from the National Academies Meeting on Improving Population Health

    By Mukti Kulkarni, MD, NACCHO Prevention Health Policy Resident With so many fiscal challenges, how can local health departments secure sources of perpetual funding for their vital work in advancing population health? On October 19, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Population Health Improvement convened a workshop on Building Sustainable Financing...

    Nov 28, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Report: Preliminary Findings of “Hepatitis C: The State of Medicaid Access”

    The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI) recently released the preliminary findings of Hepatitis C: The State of Medicaid Access – a comprehensive assessment of state Medicaid programs’ discriminatory restrictions on curative treatments for hepatitis C, the nation’s deadliest blood-borne disease. The full...

    Nov 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    First cases of Candida auris reported in United States

    Thirteen cases of Candida auris (C. auris), a serious and sometimes fatal fungal infection that is emerging globally, have been identified in the United States. Seven of the cases occurred between May 2013 and August 2016 and are described in a report released in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). The other six cases […]

    Nov 09, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Call for Submissions: NACCHO Annual 2017 Abstracts

    The Conference Planning Workgroup invites the submission of abstracts for the 2017 NACCHO Annual Conference,to be hosted July 11–13 in Pittsburgh, PA. The theme of this year’s conference is Public Health Revolution: Bridging Clinical Medicine and Population Health. Local public health has a central role in convening discussions and efforts around population health, clinical medicine,...

    Nov 08, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Blog Series: Antimicrobial Resistance & Global Health Security – The State of Disease Surveillance

    Due to the continued application and overuse of antimicrobials, antimicrobial resistance – which includes resistance among bacteria, parasites, viruses, and fungi – is a growing threat to human health and an increasingly critical component of the Global Health Security Agenda. This blog series will explore monitoring and measurement systems for antimicrobial use and resistance, the […]

    Nov 03, 2016 | Sara Chang

    Health Literacy Month: Health Literacy as an Issue of Health Equity

    In the last decade, health equity has increasingly become a critical concern in the field of public health. From the local to federal levels, there’s been a call for research, initiatives, and outreach that minimize health inequities and provide opportunities for all people to reach optimal health. Through these efforts, there’s been growing acknowledgement that […]

    Oct 31, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    NACCHO Global Climate Change Workgroup is Recruiting

    NACCHO is currently looking for new members to join its Global Climate Change Workgroup. Local health officials, environmental health professionals, environmental health directors, and subject matter experts who are interested in enhancing climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and practices are encouraged to apply by Friday, November 4. 2016. The NACCHO Global Climate Change Workgroup...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    NACCHO Food Safety Workgroup is Recruiting

    NACCHO is currently looking for new members to join its Food Safety Workgroup. Local health department officials, sanitarians, environmental health professionals, and environmental health directors who are interested in enhancing food safety policies and practices are encouraged to apply by Friday, November 4. 2016. NACCHO’s Food Safety Workgroup provides leadership and guidance to NACCHO, local...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    New Health Impact Assessment Resources for Local Health Departments

    The NACCHO Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Community of Practice has developed four new tools to support local health department (LHD) capacity through the use of HIA. Included resources are a fact sheet on the value of HIA to LHDs, and three mechanisms for HIA data entry and evaluation. Each tool’s purpose, intended use and direct […]

    Oct 14, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

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