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

Release of 2014 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) Fact Sheets

CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health has released 11 new fact sheets from the 2014 School Health...

Mar 17, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

April is STD Awareness Month

April is STD Awareness Month and the 2016 theme is Talk. Test. Treat. The CDC’s Division of STD Prevention has...

Mar 15, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

Effective Interventions to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Diseases

The Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases published a special supplement that summarizes published evidence for the...

Mar 02, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

Questions and Answers: 2015 STD Treatment Guidelines

STD clinical experts in the National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers and CDC subject matter experts...

Mar 02, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

President Obama Releases Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Proposal: Advancing the Commitment to Reaching an AIDS-free Generation in the United States

On February 9, President Obama released his fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request that outlines the...

Feb 18, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

Internet Partner Services Toolkit Now Available

CDC released a toolkit for technology-based STD and HIV Partner Services (IPS) that serves as a general resource for...

Feb 17, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

Disease Intervention Specialist Training: An Evolving Part of the Public Health Workforce

By Julie Hartley, Disease Intervention Specialist, Monroe County (IN) Health Department Disease intervention...

Feb 17, 2016 | Guest Author

STD Treatment Guide App Now Available for Android

The Android version of the 2015 STD Treatment Guidelines mobile application is now available here. The Android version...

Feb 03, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

NCHHSTP Seeks Health Department Input on Atlas Through Short Survey

CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) is seeking local health...

Jan 14, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

Know the Facts First Educational Campaign Launched

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health, the National Coalition of STD...

Dec 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

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

Jul 11, 2022 | Anu Varma

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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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