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 vital role in providing immunization services and counseling, as well as...
Jun 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The 2017-18 flu season was high in its severity for all age groups, underscoring the importance of flu vaccination. The United States...
Jun 12, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) combined forces to create an...
Jun 06, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
On May 7, the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
May 15, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
During National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), NACCHO partnered with Every Child By Two to host a webinar that highlighted the 2018...
May 01, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
From April 21-28, 2018, local health departments (LHDs) across the nation will celebrate National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)....
Apr 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Communication between providers and parents is key to improving HPV vaccination. HPV Vaccine: Same Way, Same Day™ is a brief,...
Apr 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) published an NFID Call to Action: Improving Healthcare Personnel Immunization...
Mar 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Dynavax Technologies, developers of the first new hepatitis B vaccine in 25 years, released an infographic to educate the health...
Mar 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Local health departments (LHDs) play a vital role in providing immunization services and counseling, as well as in controlling cases of vaccine-preventable diseases. These local agencies work with public and private sector physicians and other stakeholders to ensure effective immunization practices, disease surveillance and reporting, education and outreach, and program...
The 2017-18 flu season was high in its severity for all age groups, underscoring the importance of flu vaccination. The United States 2017–18 influenza season (October 1, 2017–May 19, 2018) was a high severity season with high levels of outpatient clinic and emergency department visits for influenza-like illness (ILI), high influenza-related hospitalization rates, and elevated and […]
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) combined forces to create an immunization app. The Shots Immunizations app, developed by vaccine experts at STFM and AAFP and released March 2018, is designed to serve as a point-of-care reference tool, covering every aspect of the current 2018 immunization schedules (adult, […]
On May 7, the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hosted a one-day symposium on how public health has advanced since the 1918 flu pandemic. In the context of the centenary of the 1918 influenza pandemic, experts from academia and government discussed current […]
During National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), NACCHO partnered with Every Child By Two to host a webinar that highlighted the 2018 State of the ImmUnion report and promoted the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases and celebrate the achievements of immunization programs and their partners in promoting healthy communities. The special report examines how strong the...
From April 21-28, 2018, local health departments (LHDs) across the nation will celebrate National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW). Established in 1994, NIIW is an opportunity to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and celebrate the achievements of immunization programs in promoting healthy communities. To celebrate this important awareness...
Communication between providers and parents is key to improving HPV vaccination. HPV Vaccine: Same Way, Same Day™ is a brief, interactive role-play simulation designed to enhance healthcare providers’ ability to introduce the HPV vaccine and address hesitant parents’ concerns. The simulation was developed by the Academic Pediatric Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Kognito....
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) published an NFID Call to Action: Improving Healthcare Personnel Immunization Rates to address how to best optimize practices that will lead to improved immunization rates among healthcare personnel (HCP). The recommendations in this call to action are based upon the discussions from a November 2017 Summit convened by NFID, which […]
Dynavax Technologies, developers of the first new hepatitis B vaccine in 25 years, released an infographic to educate the health sector and consumers about the vaccine, which has been approved for prevention of infection caused by all known subtypes of hepatitis B virus in adults age 18 years and older. In particular, the infographic highlights the […]
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