The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
International Overdose Awareness Day, commemorated on August 31, marks not only the devastation we have seen over the years with...
Aug 30, 2021 | Esther Whitlock
Health officials have released an update that individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) are at a heightened risk for serious...
May 28, 2021 | Shalesha Majors
This new report, issued by the Community Education Group (CEG), details what the organization calls a “syndemic” of Substance Use...
May 13, 2021 | Shalesha Majors
Excerpted blog post from HHS detailing new buprenorphine practice guidelines that among other things, remove a longtime requirement...
May 11, 2021 | Julia Zigman
A new CDC report demonstrates significant increases in deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone, cocaine, and...
Feb 18, 2021 | Julia Zigman
NACCHO Awards New Overdose Response Project Funding; Public Health Projects in Georgia, Missouri, New York, North and South Carolina,...
Jan 27, 2021 | Andrea Grenadier
A recent study in PLOS One describes knowledge, attitudes, and acceptability of HCV treatment among people living with HCV in the New...
Jan 06, 2021 | Julia Zigman
October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, an opportunity to acknowledge the impact of substance use in the U.S. and honor...
Oct 22, 2020 | Shalesha Majors
Join NACCHO for a webinar that will explore how public health and hospital organizations are working together to reverse the cycle of...
Oct 22, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
International Overdose Awareness Day, commemorated on August 31, marks not only the devastation we have seen over the years with substance use disorder, but also acknowledges the strides we have made with effective overdose response activities. This blog post is a compilation of the stories developed by three of seven pilot sites supported through NACCHO’s Public Health and Safety Teams (PHAST)...
Health officials have released an update that individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) are at a heightened risk for serious complications from COVID-19, and underscored the importance for individuals with SUD and their caregivers to get vaccinated.
This new report, issued by the Community Education Group (CEG), details what the organization calls a “syndemic” of Substance Use Disorder, Viral Hepatitis, and HIV that constitutes a grave and ongoing threat to public health in West Virginia.
Excerpted blog post from HHS detailing new buprenorphine practice guidelines that among other things, remove a longtime requirement tied to training, which some practitioners have cited as a barrier to treating more people.
A new CDC report demonstrates significant increases in deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone, cocaine, and psychostimulants in recent years.
NACCHO Awards New Overdose Response Project Funding; Public Health Projects in Georgia, Missouri, New York, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and West Virginia Receive Funding Ranging from $55,000 to $120,000
A recent study in PLOS One describes knowledge, attitudes, and acceptability of HCV treatment among people living with HCV in the New York City (NYC) jail system.
October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, an opportunity to acknowledge the impact of substance use in the U.S. and honor the people on the frontlines of the substance use epidemic—from local health departments, to community-based service providers, to people who use drugs (PWUD) and their loved ones.
Join NACCHO for a webinar that will explore how public health and hospital organizations are working together to reverse the cycle of Substance Use Disorder (SUD).
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NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
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