The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
CDC’s Climate and Health Program is celebrating 10 years of supporting state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies as...
Oct 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Physicians for Social Responsibility released a fact sheet on how climate worsens extreme weather. As ocean and air temperatures rise,...
Physicians for Social Responsibility released a white paper on climate change health effects: Heat, Fire, Water: How Climate Change...
Aug 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
In January 2019, NACCHO awarded the Boston Public Health Commission and Marquette County Health Department (MI) each with $15,000...
Aug 08, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released “Baseline Information on Malevolent Acts for Community Water Systems” as required...
Aug 06, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By Sandra L. Fisher-Grainger, MPH, Director, Hernando County Mosquito Control With the introduction of Zika to the United States in...
Jun 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The American Lung Association (ALA) released two new fact sheets about how drought, wildfires, heat, flooding, pollution, and other...
Jun 14, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Note: This is the tenth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a...
May 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The 2019 “Planning for Natural Disaster Debris” guidance is an update to the version that EPA published in March 2008. It is designed...
May 21, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
CDC’s Climate and Health Program is celebrating 10 years of supporting state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies as they prepare for the continuing health impacts of a changing climate. In 2019 the program provided communities with new resources, tools, and peer-reviewed publications addressing the impacts of climate hazards.
Physicians for Social Responsibility released a fact sheet on how climate worsens extreme weather. As ocean and air temperatures rise, the delicate balance of climate, weather events and life is disrupted. Human health suffers as a result.
Physicians for Social Responsibility released a white paper on climate change health effects: Heat, Fire, Water: How Climate Change Has Created a Public Health Emergency. Dr. Lockwood has drawn on the content of the three major climate reports published in fall 2018 – the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, the IPCC special report […]
In January 2019, NACCHO awarded the Boston Public Health Commission and Marquette County Health Department (MI) each with $15,000 grants to use in climate and health projects over six month. NACCHO hosted a webinar on July 31, 2019 to provide an overview of the two grant projects, which focused on extreme temperatures for Boston and […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released “Baseline Information on Malevolent Acts for Community Water Systems” as required by America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA). The document provides Community Water Systems (CWS) with information that will assist them in assessing risk and in the development of their risk assessments. Water systems, like other utilities, can face an array...
By Sandra L. Fisher-Grainger, MPH, Director, Hernando County Mosquito Control With the introduction of Zika to the United States in 2016 in both people and local mosquitoes, vector-borne diseases have become more of a concern, especially when coupled with the possibility of known diseases spreading into new areas and the arrival of new diseases. Surveillance is […]
The American Lung Association (ALA) released two new fact sheets about how drought, wildfires, heat, flooding, pollution, and other effects of climate change are threatening lung health. The first covers what you need to know about the health risks of climate change for people with lung disease. The second has tips for people with lung […]
Note: This is the tenth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a question here. May 2019 Dear Greener Guidance, My municipality is challenged as so many communities are with a growing homeless population, lack of affordable housing, and lack of adequate service levels to meet the needs of those […]
The 2019 “Planning for Natural Disaster Debris” guidance is an update to the version that EPA published in March 2008. It is designed to help all communities (including cities, counties, territories, tribes, etc.) create disaster debris management plans, which EPA strongly encourages. The Planning for Natural Disaster Debris guidance assists communities in planning for natural […]
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