The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Satellite, temporary, and off-site vaccination clinics play an important role in improving vaccination coverage rates and providing...
Jan 02, 2019 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program...
Dec 18, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Capacity Building Branch has launched content on pre-exposure prophylaxis...
Dec 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
As a public health professional, you know what it’s like to face tough questions about the work you do. Perhaps you’ve been asked to...
Dec 10, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Black AIDS Institute, with support from Gilead Sciences, has launched an Ambassador Program for Black women to build engagement...
Dec 06, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Antimicrobial drugs like antibiotics transformed medical care, rendering once life-threatening infections easily treatable and...
Dec 05, 2018 | Erin Laird
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) advocates for national, state, and local policies, regulations, research, and...
Dec 04, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
More than 14,000 people in the U.S. were sickened during foodborne disease outbreaks in 2016, according to a new report from the...
Nov 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released findings from the initial phase of a 10-year study that is evaluating trends in...
Satellite, temporary, and off-site vaccination clinics play an important role in improving vaccination coverage rates and providing vaccines to hard-to-reach populations. To address the unique challenges of hosting clinics in these settings, the National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit (NAIIS) developed several resources to aid in standardizing the process. NAIIS’ vaccination clinic...
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) are designed to help food regulatory programs enhance the services they provide to the public. This post is part of NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards blog series showcasing the progress that communities across the country have made in retail […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Capacity Building Branch has launched content on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) on the Effective Interventions website. These webpages provide information and resources to support PrEP as an HIV prevention strategy for health departments, community-based organizations, and healthcare organizations in the United States. View the new content.
As a public health professional, you know what it’s like to face tough questions about the work you do. Perhaps you’ve been asked to defend a policy position. Or to justify funding for a public health program. Or to explain why a certain public health intervention is critical. With public health increasingly working to develop […]
The Black AIDS Institute, with support from Gilead Sciences, has launched an Ambassador Program for Black women to build engagement and movement around HIV and sexual health for Black women. This ambassador program will create a cohort of 20 Black cis and trans women, who are living with HIV and HIV-negative, who will receive training […]
Antimicrobial drugs like antibiotics transformed medical care, rendering once life-threatening infections easily treatable and reducing the risk of infection associated with surgery and chemotherapy. Advances in agriculture soon followed as farmers began using antimicrobial drugs to treat and prevent infections in their flocks and herds. However, overuse of these important drugs in both human and...
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) advocates for national, state, and local policies, regulations, research, and resources that will enhance the ability of environmental health professionals to regulate Cottage Foods and Home-Based Restaurants in order to protect public health. NEHA’s Board of Directors recently approved a policy statement on Food Safety for Cottage Foods...
More than 14,000 people in the U.S. were sickened during foodborne disease outbreaks in 2016, according to a new report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); 875 of these people were hospitalized, and 17 died. The categories of food responsible for most of these illnesses were mollusks such as oysters and scallops (529 illnesses), […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released findings from the initial phase of a 10-year study that is evaluating trends in food preparation practices and employee behaviors that contribute to foodborne illness outbreaks in the retail setting. Data from this study are meant to provide valuable insights for restaurant management to address and reduce common unsafe […]
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