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The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.

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#NPHW: NACCHO Supports LHDs to Achieve Vaccine Equity Among Racial and Ethnic Groups

As the voice of the nearly 3,000 local health departments (LHDs) across the country, the National Association of County...

Apr 01, 2022 | Victoria Thompson, Katherine Waters, Jasmine Akuffo, Hassanatu Blake

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  • Communications & Public Relations
  • Immunization
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

Adolescent Immunization Action Week Gears up to Get Adolescents up to Date on Immunizations

The first annual National Adolescent Immunization Action Week (#AIAW22) is April 4-8th! Launched by Unity Consortium,...

Apr 01, 2022 | Robin Mowson

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Access to Care
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

New Funding Opportunities for Working with Pharmacies and Retail Health Clinics to Provide Sexual Health Services

NACCHO, with support from the CDC’s Division of STD Prevention, is pleased to announce two new funding opportunities...

Mar 31, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Behavioral Health
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

CDC Funding Opportunity Now Open: Integrating Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences into Pediatric Care (IPACE): Academic Detailing Pilot Project

This project aims to identify & support teams to pilot materials for academic detailers that address ACEs and PCEs...

Mar 30, 2022 | Camille Adams

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Disease

IDSA, SHEA and PIDS Announce 2022-2023 LEAP Fellowship Awardees

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology Association (SHEA), and the...

Mar 30, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson

  • Food Safety & Inspection

Retail Program Standards Symposium Registration Is Open!

Registration is now open for the virtual Retail Program Standards Symposium to be held June 7-9, 2022.

Mar 29, 2022

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  • Tools & Resources

Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Tool: LetsTalkCovidVaccines

Yes, we’ve made considerable progress! Over 200 million Americans are now protected from COVID-19 thanks to very safe...

Mar 29, 2022 | Tori Decea

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Infectious Disease
  • Tuberculosis

Register Today for the 58th Annual Denver TB Online Course

The 58th Annual Denver TB Course (Online Series) provides a broad overview of active and latent TB including its...

Mar 23, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson

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  • Immunization
  • Infectious Disease
  • Research & Reports

Vaccinate Your Family Releases 6th Annual State of the ImmUnion Report

Every year, Vaccinate Your Family distributes a State of the ImmUnion report to help examine the strength of our...

Mar 22, 2022 | Tori Decea

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Water Quality

Supporting Local Health Departments Responding to Water Emergencies

World Water Day (March 22) is a universal occasion to recognize the importance of water, sanitation, and hygiene...

Mar 22, 2022 | Anu Varma

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  • Webinar
  • Infectious Disease
  • Community Health
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

This year’s theme for World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5 is focused on recognizing...

May 04, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson

World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) researchers are working to...

Sep 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Water Quality

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

On August 12, 2021, NACCHO and AAAS’s EPI Center hosted a webinar on PFAS...

Aug 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the...

Applications for the program are now open from September 9 through November 15,...

Aug 03, 2021 | Guest Author

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Accreditation & Quality Improvement
  • Opportunity
  • Performance Improvement

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

NACCHO is pleased to announced the release of three Request for Proposals to...

Feb 17, 2021 | Andrea Grenadier

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

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  • Climate Change
  • Health Equity & Social Justice
  • Policy

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

NACCHO joins leading public health organizations in signing a declaration...

Jan 27, 2021 | Anu Varma

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Water Quality

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

Purdue is partnering with NACCHO to offer this online course at a discount for...

Dec 04, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

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  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NACCHO and CFP Seeks New Recruits for the 2020-2022 Food...

NACCHO and CFP are seeking 10-15 state, local, tribal, and territorial health...

Oct 13, 2020 | Anu Varma

NACCHO and CFP Seeks New Recruits for the 2020-2022 Food...

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  • Press Release
  • Climate Change
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize...

NACCHO partners with Children’s Environmental Health Network for CEH Day 2020.

Sep 28, 2020 | Guest Author

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize...

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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Protecting Lung Health During Wildfires

The American Lung Association has developed a new fact sheet in Spanish to...

Jul 15, 2020

Protecting Lung Health During Wildfires

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Parks

Greener Parks for Health

National Recreation and Park Association releases new Greener Parks for Health...

Jul 13, 2020

Greener Parks for Health

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  • Tools & Resources

CDC Report: Temporary Reassignment of Personnel Requests...

CDC recently updated its flexibilities guidance for recipients and applicants...

Jul 09, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

CDC Report: Temporary Reassignment of Personnel Requests...

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