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Call for Abstracts: 2017 National Transgender Health Summit
UCSF’s Center of Excellence for Transgender Health is hosting the 2017 National Transgender Health Summit (NTHS) in Oakland,...
Jul 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Big Cities Health Coalition: Opioid and Overdose Prevention
Opioid overdose and deaths are one of the most urgent public health threats facing cities and communities throughout the country....
Jul 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO Releases Research Brief Highlighting Local Health Department Environmental...
In January 2017, NACCHO released findings from the 2016 National Profile of Local Health Departments, a comprehensive survey of local...
Jul 17, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship Core Elements at Small and Critical Access...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a new resource for small and critical access hospitals to help...
Jul 17, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
RFA: Leveraging PrEP Programs to End New Cases of HIV
HealthHIV and the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) announced a new health policy learning series for teams of state...
Jun 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Project Inform: Safer Consumption Spaces in the U.S.: Uniting for a National Movement
Project Inform released “Safer Consumption Spaces in the United States: Uniting for a National Movement.” This report stems from a...
Jun 26, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Tip Sheet: How to Use NACCHO Policy Statements
NACCHO’s Government Affairs Team has developed a one-pager to help local health departments best use NACCHO’s policy...
Jun 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
HHS Changes AIDS.gov to HIV.gov
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the agency has officially changed the name of AIDS.gov, the...
Jun 05, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Recently Released: Food Recovery Report
Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic and the Natural Resources Defense Council recently released a joint report...
Jun 05, 2017 | Amy Chang
Call for Abstracts: 2017 National Transgender Health SummitUCSF’s Center of Excellence for Transgender Health is hosting the 2017 National Transgender Health Summit (NTHS) in Oakland, California, from November 10-12, 2017. NTHS is the premiere national conference in transgender health. This landmark program will present cutting-edge research, evidence-based educational sessions, training opportunities across many disciplines. NTHS is now accepting... Jul 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Big Cities Health Coalition: Opioid and Overdose PreventionOpioid overdose and deaths are one of the most urgent public health threats facing cities and communities throughout the country. Presently, drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S. and drug overdose rates are increasing – among men and women of all ages and races. The opioid epidemic is a cross-cutting national problem, […] Jul 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
NACCHO Releases Research Brief Highlighting Local Health Department Environmental Health ActivitiesIn January 2017, NACCHO released findings from the 2016 National Profile of Local Health Departments, a comprehensive survey of local health department (LHD) infrastructure and practice. This newest data was provided by 76% of all LHDs across the United States who responded to the 2016 Profile survey and helped us present a complete and accurate overview […] Jul 17, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship Core Elements at Small and Critical Access HospitalsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a new resource for small and critical access hospitals to help healthcare facility leaders and providers implement antibiotic stewardship activities in their facilities. The Implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Core Elements at Small and Critical Access Hospitals uses the CDC Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic... Jul 17, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
RFA: Leveraging PrEP Programs to End New Cases of HIVHealthHIV and the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) announced a new health policy learning series for teams of state Medicaid and public health officials. This opportunity, described further in the Request for Applications (RFA), will provide participants with practical strategies related to health policy and financing for starting or expanding Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)... Jun 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Project Inform: Safer Consumption Spaces in the U.S.: Uniting for a National MovementProject Inform released “Safer Consumption Spaces in the United States: Uniting for a National Movement.” This report stems from a think tank of the same name, held in Baltimore, MD on September 27-28, 2016, where a group of nearly 50 people who use drugs, advocates, policy experts and other public health and harm reduction workers […] Jun 26, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Tip Sheet: How to Use NACCHO Policy StatementsNACCHO’s Government Affairs Team has developed a one-pager to help local health departments best use NACCHO’s policy statements to advise their public health practice. View the guidance and start using policy statements to educate, communicate about public health issues, and promote policy at the local level. Jun 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
HHS Changes AIDS.gov to HIV.govThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the agency has officially changed the name of AIDS.gov, the federal government’s leading source for information about HIV, to HIV.gov. The announcement coincides with the 36th anniversary of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s first report of the initial cases of what would become […] Jun 05, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Recently Released: Food Recovery ReportHarvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic and the Natural Resources Defense Council recently released a joint report titled, Don’t Waste, Donate: Enhancing Food Donations Through Federal Policy. The report addresses a troubling disconnect between the approximate 62.5 million tons of annual food waste in the U.S., and the 42.2 million of Americans who simultaneously face food... Jun 05, 2017 | Amy Chang |
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