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NACCHO and Hep B United recently hosted a webinar on Hidden Consequences: The Opioid Epidemic and Rising Hepatitis B Rates. View the...
May 29, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO’s Forces of Change survey examines the impact of the changing public health landscape on local health department (LHD) budgets,...
Feb 12, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The opioid overdose epidemic in America continues to evolve and become more complex. States, territories, and localities need access...
Feb 11, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
On December 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named Carolyn Wester, MD, MPH as the permanent Director of the Division...
Dec 20, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Providers wrote approximately 4.45 billion opioid prescriptions in 2016—with wide variation across states. In addition, an almost 1.8...
Sep 24, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Michael Dohn, MD, MSc, Medical Director, Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County The Montgomery County opioid overdose death...
Sep 18, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Held on August 31st every year, International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event to raise awareness of overdose and lower stigma...
Aug 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Following the recent nerve agent poisonings in the United Kingdom, the emergency response community has requested information and...
Aug 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released a new issue brief about creating a comprehensive...
Jul 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO and Hep B United recently hosted a webinar on Hidden Consequences: The Opioid Epidemic and Rising Hepatitis B Rates. View the video recording and see the presentation materials below. Presentation Slides: Alphabet Study: A, B, C, D; Jack Hildick-Smith LENOWISCO Health District Comprehensive Harm Reduction Program; Michelle McPheron Handouts: Community Response Planning for Outbreaks of...
NACCHO’s Forces of Change survey examines the impact of the changing public health landscape on local health department (LHD) budgets, programs, and workforce. Forces of Change enables NACCHO to respond rapidly to emerging issues; by learning more about the trends affecting local health departments, we can develop and improve upon programs that support the work […]
The opioid overdose epidemic in America continues to evolve and become more complex. States, territories, and localities need access to complete and timely data on nonfatal and fatal drug overdoses to understand the scope and direction of the evolving overdose epidemic. Given the need for an interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and cohesive public health approach, the Centers […]
On December 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named Carolyn Wester, MD, MPH as the permanent Director of the Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH). Dr. Wester, who has been the Medical Director for HIV, STDs, and Viral Hepatitis at the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) since 2008, will begin serving on January 22, 2019. The below […]
Providers wrote approximately 4.45 billion opioid prescriptions in 2016—with wide variation across states. In addition, an almost 1.8 million Americans, aged 12 or older, either abused or were dependent on prescription opioids in 2016. Improving the way opioids are prescribed through clinical practice guidelines, can ensure patients have access to safer, more effective pain treatment […]
By Michael Dohn, MD, MSc, Medical Director, Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County The Montgomery County opioid overdose death rate was the highest in Ohio from 2010 through 2016. Accidental opioid overdose deaths continued to climb in 2017. Montgomery County became the face of the opioid epidemic with the publication of “Faces of an Epidemic” […]
Held on August 31st every year, International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event to raise awareness of overdose and lower stigma around drug-related deaths. Events and activities around the world stimulate conversations about prevention and policy and remind participants that overdose death is preventable. The domestic opioid epidemic continues to expand, with national provisional […]
Following the recent nerve agent poisonings in the United Kingdom, the emergency response community has requested information and advice to enhance preparedness. The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, and Department of Transportation’s National...
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released a new issue brief about creating a comprehensive response to the intersecting issues of opioid and other drug use, hepatitis, and HIV. This brief outlines the core elements necessary to create such a response and the evidence behind them. As you know, the nation […]
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