National Infant Immunization Week 2017: Power to Protect

From April 22-29, 2017, local health departments (LHDs) across the nation will celebrate National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)....

Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Gear Up for National Infant Immunization Week 2017

    National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), April 22-29, 2017, is an annual observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants...

    Apr 04, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • ID-IZ Forum Blog Series: An Introduction to the Infectious Disease and Immunization...

    As the voice of local health departments (LHDs), NACCHO supports local health officials and their staff by building LHD capacity,...

    Mar 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • The Unnecessary Cost of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

    Safe, effective, life-saving – the benefits of vaccines for protecting public health are numerous and robust. Yet, in the U.S., there...

    Mar 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Cervical Health Awareness Month: Increasing HPV Vaccination to Promote Cervical...

    According to the National Cervical Cancer Coalition, nearly 13,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each...

    Jan 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • National Infant Immunization Week—Making it Matter at the Local Level

    By Nancy Messonnier, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and...

    Apr 18, 2016 | Guest Author

  • Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging...

    The International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta at the end of August and Jackie Lawler, an...

    Oct 13, 2015 | Christina Baum

  • NACCHO’s Vaccine Confidence Initiative: A Report from the NACCHO Annual Workshop

    Recent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases and an increase in vaccine hesitancy in regions of the United States have emphasized...

    Aug 10, 2015 | Kate Drezner

  • National Infant Immunization Week 2017: Power to Protect

    From April 22-29, 2017, local health departments (LHDs) across the nation will celebrate National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW). Established in 1994, NIIW is an opportunity to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and celebrate the achievements of immunization programs in promoting healthy communities. Throughout this week, NACCHO will focus...

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Gear Up for National Infant Immunization Week 2017

    National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), April 22-29, 2017, is an annual observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases and celebrate the achievements of immunization programs and their partners in promoting healthy communities. Since 1994, hundreds of communities across the United States have joined together to celebrate the critical role...

    Apr 04, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    ID-IZ Forum Blog Series: An Introduction to the Infectious Disease and Immunization Forum

    As the voice of local health departments (LHDs), NACCHO supports local health officials and their staff by building LHD capacity, highlighting innovation, advocating for public health priorities, and connecting members. While all of these activities play a critical role in improving and advancing local public health practice, connecting members is one of the best ways […]

    Mar 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    The Unnecessary Cost of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

    Safe, effective, life-saving – the benefits of vaccines for protecting public health are numerous and robust. Yet, in the U.S., there continues to be a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases, including measles and mumps. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a record number of measles cases (667) in 2014, followed by a large, […]

    Mar 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Cervical Health Awareness Month: Increasing HPV Vaccination to Promote Cervical Health

    According to the National Cervical Cancer Coalition, nearly 13,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year. Fortunately, with vaccinations and screenings (i.e., Pap and HPV tests), the disease is essentially preventable. To celebrate Cervical Health Awareness Month, and in recognition of the critical role vaccination, NACCHO checked in with two […]

    Jan 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    National Infant Immunization Week—Making it Matter at the Local Level

    By Nancy Messonnier, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is an annual observance to promote the benefits of immunizations and to improve the health of children two years old or younger, and is taking place April 16-23, 2016. Since 1994, […]

    Apr 18, 2016 | Guest Author

    Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases

    The International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta at the end of August and Jackie Lawler, an epidemiologist at the Orange County Health Department in New York and a member of NACCHO’s Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Workgroup, attended as the NACCHO partner representative on the ICEID 2015 Scientific Program Committee. […]

    Oct 13, 2015 | Christina Baum

    NACCHO’s Vaccine Confidence Initiative: A Report from the NACCHO Annual Workshop

    Recent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases and an increase in vaccine hesitancy in regions of the United States have emphasized why it is more important than ever for local health departments to communicate the importance, safety, and efficacy of vaccines. Although immunization rates across the United States remain high, many communities have pockets of unvaccinated persons. […]

    Aug 10, 2015 | Kate Drezner

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