The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is an annual observance held in August to highlight the importance of vaccination for...
Jul 25, 2019 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
This month’s CDC Vital Signs report is on acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a rare but serious condition causing limb weakness, mostly in...
Jul 16, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
In 2011, Sepsis Alliance designated September as Sepsis Awareness Month. Over the last eight years, this health observance has...
Jul 08, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
CDC has launched a pneumococcal vaccination app, PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor, for iOS and Android mobile devices. Take the confusion and...
Jul 02, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
CDC and STRIVE are pleased to announce the launch of the first two of 11 new infection control training courses, Hand Hygiene and...
The alarmingly high rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the U.S. is a threat to the health of all Americans. To address...
Jun 20, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
As issues with drug resistant pathogens have emerged across the country, local health departments (LHDs) have been called on to lead...
CDC’s MMWR and Medscape are proud to introduce a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity. The goal of this activity is to describe...
Jun 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) leads CDC’s work to combat antibiotic resistance, prevent healthcare-associated...
Jun 11, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is an annual observance held in August to highlight the importance of vaccination for people of all ages. To facilitate local support of this national awareness effort, the Public Health Foundation (PHF), in collaboration with the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) at the Centers for Disease Control […]
This month’s CDC Vital Signs report is on acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a rare but serious condition causing limb weakness, mostly in children. Some patients also experience difficulty moving their eyes or having drooping eyelids, facial droop or weakness, or difficulty with swallowing or slurred speech. Three national outbreaks have occurred, with a total of […]
In 2011, Sepsis Alliance designated September as Sepsis Awareness Month. Over the last eight years, this health observance has increased sepsis awareness in the United States from 42% to 65%. Despite these great strides, sepsis remains a public health crisis, taking a life every two minutes. Sepsis takes more lives than opioid overdoses, breast cancer, and prostate […]
CDC has launched a pneumococcal vaccination app, PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor, for iOS and Android mobile devices. Take the confusion and stress out of interpreting pneumococcal vaccine recommendations. Use this app to quickly and easily determine which pneumococcal vaccines a patient needs and when. Simply enter a patient’s age and note if the patient has specific underlying […]
CDC and STRIVE are pleased to announce the launch of the first two of 11 new infection control training courses, Hand Hygiene and Competency-Based Training. These courses are part of the new States Targeting Reduction in Infections via Engagement (STRIVE) curriculum intended for the infection prevention team, hospital leaders, clinical educators, nurse and physician managers, […]
The alarmingly high rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the U.S. is a threat to the health of all Americans. To address this public health concern, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health through its Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy is working with federal partners throughout HHS and other federal agencies to create the nation’s […]
As issues with drug resistant pathogens have emerged across the country, local health departments (LHDs) have been called on to lead and support the containment of novel or targeted multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). To explore this role, NACCHO hosted a webinar to share the experiences of three LHDs who have been affected by containment events. Learning […]
CDC’s MMWR and Medscape are proud to introduce a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity. The goal of this activity is to describe a wound botulism outbreak in California during 2017–2018 among persons who use black tar heroin. A CDC analysis of 2017–2018 data reported in MMWR is the basis of the activity. This CE […]
The Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) leads CDC’s work to combat antibiotic resistance, prevent healthcare-associated infections, detect and respond to outbreaks in healthcare settings, and provide actionable data to improve patient safety and care delivery. Below are some helpful resources and reports related to these issues: New Adult Sepsis Surveillance Toolkit: CDC’s Hospital...
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