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Deadline Extended: National Environmental Public Health Internship Program

The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has extended the deadline for the National Environmental Public Health Internship...

Nov 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • New NACCHO Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network Webinar Recordings

    Recordings and PowerPoint slides from the two most recent and highest attended Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network webinars are...

    Jul 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Keep Crypto out of the Pool: Addressing One of the Summer’s Major Public Health Risks

    By Hannah Donart, NACCHO Environmental Health Intern Cryptosporidium (Crypto) is one of the most common causes of diarrheal disease...

    Jun 29, 2017 | Guest Author

  • Seeking Participants: NEHA Recreational Water Health Assessment

    Annually, Americans average over 300 million visits to swimming pools, waterparks, and spas, visits that also account for over 3,000...

    Jun 14, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    • Tools & Resources, Hazards & Health Effects, Water Quality

    MAHC Network Webinar Recording: Response to a Spa-Related Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease in Colorado

    The November 2018 MAHC Network webinar on November 27 brought together representatives from the Colorado Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to discuss response to a spa-related outbreak of Legionella. Presenter: Tori Burket completed her M.S. in Environmental Health with a specialization in Epidemiology at Colorado State University. There her […]

    Dec 11, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Tools & Resources, Water Quality

    Mini-MAHC: Reducing the Spread of Cryptosporidium

    Mini-MAHCs are intended to make the MAHC accessible by aggregating the code and annex language into more concise documents.

    Nov 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Food Safety & Inspection, Policy Statement

    One Health and CAFOs

    In October 2018, NACCHO’s Board of Directors approved a new policy statement on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in response to concerns from local health departments. CAFOs are animal feeding operations with more than 1,000 animal units (e.g., 1,000 head of beef cattle, 700 dairy cows, 2,500 swine >55 lbs., 125,000 broiler chickens, or 82,000 […]

    Nov 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Tools & Resources, Water Quality

    CDC Releases 2018 Model Aquatic Health Code

    Government agencies and the aquatics sector can use the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) to reduce risk for outbreaks, drowning, and pool-chemical injuries at public pools and hot tubs/spas at apartment complexes, hotels, and waterparks. This third edition of the MAHC has been updated in the areas of disinfection and water quality, lifeguarding and bather […]

    Jul 23, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    All of Us, Climate Change, Water Quality

    Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Messages for Summer Safety

    The summer months present a unique set of environmental health challenges for practitioners to consider. Climbing temperatures awaken a host of public health vectors (animals and insects that can transmit diseases to humans). Public pools reopen, with children flocking to splash around in—and, most likely, swallow—water that local health departments must ensure is adequately chlorinated. […]

    May 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Deadline Extended: National Environmental Public Health Internship Program

    The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has extended the deadline for the National Environmental Public Health Internship Program (NEPHIP), which is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Environmental Health Services Branch. Applications are now due on January 31st. Local, state, and tribal environmental health departments can apply to host...

    Nov 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    New NACCHO Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network Webinar Recordings

    Recordings and PowerPoint slides from the two most recent and highest attended Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network webinars are now available via NACCHO’s MAHC Network webpage. In coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy and Safe Swimming Week 2017, May’s webinar focused on how to prevent the increasing prevalence of Crypto, one […]

    Jul 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Keep Crypto out of the Pool: Addressing One of the Summer’s Major Public Health Risks

    By Hannah Donart, NACCHO Environmental Health Intern Cryptosporidium (Crypto) is one of the most common causes of diarrheal disease outbreaks associated with recreational water activity in the United States and these outbreaks are occurring at increasing frequencies. In 2016 alone, state health departments reported at least 32 outbreaks of the disease associated with swimming pools […]

    Jun 29, 2017 | Guest Author

    Seeking Participants: NEHA Recreational Water Health Assessment

    Annually, Americans average over 300 million visits to swimming pools, waterparks, and spas, visits that also account for over 3,000 unintentional drownings, 4,500 chemically-related emergency room visits, and 5,000 recreational water illnesses. In an effort to improve water safety nationwide, the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is conducting an assessment of aquatic inspection...

    Jun 14, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

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    Funding Opportunity, COVID-19, Immunization, Partnerships

    Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve Vaccine Access, Education,...

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    The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance (BLOC COVID-19+)...

    Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

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