The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
On September 21, 2018, letters were mailed to governors announcing the funding for a new drinking water grant under the Water...
Sep 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO recently hosted a webinar about the experiences of two local health departments – Florida Department of Health in Pinellas...
Sep 20, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Food Safety News published a first-person account from a woman who contracted E. coli from a spinach salad. The article explores how...
Sep 18, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
In a recent article, Rewire.News discusses the challenges people face in paying for services that protect sexual health, such as STD...
Sep 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
People all across this country—regardless of their political beliefs or geographic location—overwhelmingly support sex education. But,...
At the US Conference on AIDS, the Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) announced the launch of +series (Positive Series), an innovative...
Sep 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) announced the launch of the newly rebranded and...
Sep 12, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The third most populous county in the United States, Harris County (TX) works day and night to protect its 4.7 million residents from...
Sep 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Antibiotic Stewardship has launched the final components of its...
Sep 05, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
On September 21, 2018, letters were mailed to governors announcing the funding for a new drinking water grant under the Water Infrastructure Improvement for the Nation Act, passed in December 2016 and appropriated by Congress in Fiscal Year 2018. The Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program Drinking Water Grant will assist local educational […]
NACCHO recently hosted a webinar about the experiences of two local health departments – Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County and Metro Public Health Department of Nashville/Davidson County – in engaging with school districts and other key community stakeholders through a year-long action planning process to implement school-based HIV and STD prevention programs. Through […]
Food Safety News published a first-person account from a woman who contracted E. coli from a spinach salad. The article explores how family, community, doctors, local health departments, and others could be more effective at communicating about food safety. Here is an except about the author’s initial interaction with the local health departments: Almost two […]
In a recent article, Rewire.News discusses the challenges people face in paying for services that protect sexual health, such as STD screenings and birth control. In particular, the article focuses on how young people, people with low income, people of color, and those who are uninsured or underinsured are too often forced to decline care as a […]
People all across this country—regardless of their political beliefs or geographic location—overwhelmingly support sex education. But, due to a small but vocal group of folks who organize with the sole purpose of opposing sex education, this basic human right continues to be denied to young people in communities everywhere. The key to overcoming this kind […]
At the US Conference on AIDS, the Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) announced the launch of +series (Positive Series), an innovative and customizable social marketing campaign for US HIV/AIDS organizations to raise awareness about undetectable equals untransmittable (U=U) and encourage people living with HIV to remain engaged in care and on treatment. A person living with HIV who […]
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) announced the launch of the newly rebranded and redesigned TargetHIV website, formerly known as the Technical Assistance, Guidance, Education, and Training (TARGET) Center. Thanks to your feedback, the TargetHIV website now features a modernized design and user interface, streamlined navigation, and updated technology...
The third most populous county in the United States, Harris County (TX) works day and night to protect its 4.7 million residents from vector-borne disease by integrating surveillance, control, education, research, and technology. Harris County Public Health Mosquito & Vector Control Division wrote an issue brief for NACCHO describing their comprehensive approach to vector-borne disease...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Antibiotic Stewardship has launched the final components of its four-section web-based training course on Antibiotic Stewardship. Section 3 will cover antibiotic stewardship considerations for the management of common outpatient conditions and dentistry, while Section 4 is all about antibiotic stewardship in emergency departments,...
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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.
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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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Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross
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