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The Essential Elements of Local Public Health

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

EPA Launches School Indoor Air Quality Assessment Mobile App

EPA recently launched a new mobile app to help schools and school districts perform comprehensive indoor air quality...

Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan

Adaptive Leadership and Public Health

Local health officials and their staff are exploring innovative partnerships with other agencies in health care and...

Aug 19, 2015 | Kate Drezner

Surveillance for Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water — United States, 2011–2012

The August CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report featured several articles about waterborne diseases, including...

Aug 19, 2015 | Kate Drezner

Addressing the Public Health Threat of Climate Change

August 3rd was an historic day for the health of the United States as the White House announced the Clean Power Plan to...

Aug 19, 2015 | Lisa Brown

Call for Tips on Working with Epi-Aid

Do you have experience working with Epi-Aid? NACCHO’s Epidemiology Workgroup would like to compile a document of...

Aug 19, 2015 | Christina Baum

NACCHO’s HPV Project Demonstration Site Highlighted for Prevention Efforts

In a Richmond Times-Dispatch article from August 9, Jim Farrell, who oversees the immunization division at the Virginia...

Aug 19, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

New HIA Funding Opportunity Available

Through support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Healthy Community Design...

Aug 19, 2015 | Bridget Kerner

Report Back from the National Sexual Health Conference

The World Health Organization defines sexual health as “a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being...

Aug 18, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

CDC Publishes 2015–16 Influenza Vaccination Recommendations

CDC has published the 2015–16 influenza vaccination recommendations in the August 7 issue of the Morbidity and...

Aug 17, 2015 | Kate Drezner

National Environmental Health Association – Annual Educational Conference and Exhibition’s Food Safety and Defense Sessions

By Amy Chang, Program Analyst, Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response, NACCHO, and...

Aug 13, 2015 | Amy Chang

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Join us for a Climate for Health Ambassadors Training at...

We are partnering with Climate for Health and ecoAmerica to offer an...

Jul 11, 2022 | Anu Varma

Join us for a Climate for Health Ambassadors Training at...

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New Resource: BLOC COVID Video Series

This video series was developed from interviews with BLOC COVID funded sites to...

Jul 06, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson, Candice Young

New Resource: BLOC COVID Video Series

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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