The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
NACCHO is pleased to announce the release of two fact sheets highlighting the role of local health departments (LHDs) in combating...
Sep 05, 2019 | Christina Baum
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released a suite of communication tools and resources that support its...
Sep 04, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Despite the availability of screening and treatment, tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease...
Sep 03, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Foodborne illness is nearly always preventable, yet according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...
Sep 03, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) National Retail Food Team is informing stakeholders that its warehouse that ships...
Aug 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Sepsis is the body’s life-threatening response to infection that affects 1.7 million people and takes 270,000 lives annually in the...
Aug 26, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law released three new documents to support the federal Ending the HIV Epidemic...
The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) has launched the updated version of The Vaccine Handbook App, which contains the new...
Aug 20, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a new tool, Hep C Policy Simulator (HepCSim), to inform state-level...
Aug 12, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO is pleased to announce the release of two fact sheets highlighting the role of local health departments (LHDs) in combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and supporting antimicrobial stewardship.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released a suite of communication tools and resources that support its ongoing efforts to prevent HIV and help people with HIV stay healthy.
Despite the availability of screening and treatment, tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease deaths worldwide and disproportionately affects vulnerable populations.
Foodborne illness is nearly always preventable, yet according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in six Americans gets sick from contaminated food or beverages every year, and 3,000 die.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) National Retail Food Team is informing stakeholders that its warehouse that ships printed hard copy versions of Educational Posters/Storyboards for Retail Food Employees is closing. There are 10 different versions of the posters/storyboards, each in one of seven foreign languages on one side and English on the other […]
Sepsis is the body’s life-threatening response to infection that affects 1.7 million people and takes 270,000 lives annually in the United States. In 2011, Sepsis Alliance designated September as Sepsis Awareness Month. Sepsis Alliance created a Sepsis AwarenessToolkit to help organizations educate healthcare providers and community members about the signs and symptoms of sepsis. NACCHO and...
The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law released three new documents to support the federal Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative. The new briefs highlight critical actions to support two pillars of the EHE Initiative: scaling up pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use and using HIV cluster detection tools to respond to outbreaks more effectively. Big […]
The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) has launched the updated version of The Vaccine Handbook App, which contains the new 8th (2019) edition of The Vaccine Handbook—A Practical Guide for Clinicians. This authoritative, practical tool is available free of charge from the Apple iTunes App Store for iOS users. Purchase of the print edition is not required. The Vaccine Handbook App is a...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a new tool, Hep C Policy Simulator (HepCSim), to inform state-level policy and budgetary planning for hepatitis C screening, management and treatment. HepCSim allows users to estimate and compare the economic and health consequences of specific policies and strategies, such as universal screening or drug […]
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A Call to build connection across the LHO community, ensure timely updates, and allow for discussion with federal partners on a regular basis.
A Model Aquatic Health Code Network webinar featuring Columbus Public Health.
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PHI*con is a conference focusing on Public Health Informatics, Surveillance, and IT. It will be held July 22-23, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan.
The largest convening of local health department leaders and public health professionals in the United States.
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
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The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
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Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross
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