The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) are partnering for the 2019...
Aug 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Antibiotic Stewardship has launched the second of a four-section...
Jul 25, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
It’s been nearly two years since NACCHO’s multi-article supplement, “Public Health Informatics: A Call to...
Jul 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The following announcement is from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): The FDA released the first of three installments of a...
Jun 29, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a persistent and growing threat to the health of communities. To meet this threat head-on,...
Jun 13, 2018 | Christina Baum
On June 7, 2018, NACCHO hosted a webinar with Florida’s Lee County Mosquito Control District based on one of the most popular...
Jun 13, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information...
Jun 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
On May 30, 2018, NACCHO hosted a webinar exploring national guidance and local experiences on Legionella. Legionnaires’ disease is a...
Jun 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The American Planning Association (APA) is working with the Health Impact Project (HIP) to help planners use comprehensive plans for...
Jun 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) are partnering for the 2019 AFDO-Managed Retail Program Standards Grant Program. The program provides funds for the completion of projects and training to enhance conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards). The application portal will...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Antibiotic Stewardship has launched the second of a four-section web-based training course on Antibiotic Stewardship, each section of which will be released in 2018. This section is comprised of four modules that will cover: What we know about outpatient antibiotic use in the United States Cases […]
It’s been nearly two years since NACCHO’s multi-article supplement, “Public Health Informatics: A Call to Action,” was featured in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Since then, it’s only become clearer that to effectively serve communities in today’s information-driven world, public health – and its cross-sector partners – must advance...
The following announcement is from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): The FDA released the first of three installments of a draft guidance document designed to support compliance with the Intentional Adulteration (IA) Rule under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The remaining two installments are expected to come out later this year. […]
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a persistent and growing threat to the health of communities. To meet this threat head-on, more local health departments (LHDs) are building their capacity for HAI prevention and response. Enhancing LHD capacity can involve a wide variety of activities such as conducting exercises that test response plans, strengthening connections with healthcare...
On June 7, 2018, NACCHO hosted a webinar with Florida’s Lee County Mosquito Control District based on one of the most popular technical training sessions from this year’s Vector Control Summit. Rachel Morreale and Milton Sterling reviewed how to select, use, and maintain different types of mosquito traps. Participants also learned common errors associated with the […]
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE) and the National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) co-hosted a webinar focused on the U.S. healthcare system readiness for highly pathogenic infectious diseases on June 12, 2018. Speakers provided an overview of the current situation in...
On May 30, 2018, NACCHO hosted a webinar exploring national guidance and local experiences on Legionella. Legionnaires’ disease is a respiratory disease caused by Legionella bacteria, which can be found in the water systems of large buildings. In 2016, there were an estimated 6,100 cases of Legionnaires’ disease in the United States. During the webinar, […]
The American Planning Association (APA) is working with the Health Impact Project (HIP) to help planners use comprehensive plans for addressing issues related to health and equity. At least three communities will be selected to receive training and coaching on social determinants of health, health equity, and APA’s Comprehensive Plan Standards for Sustaining Places. Apply […]
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PHI*con is a conference focusing on Public Health Informatics, Surveillance, and IT. It will be held July 22-23, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan.
The largest convening of local health department leaders and public health professionals in the United States.
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
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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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