The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new practice guidelines for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant...
Nov 19, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Today, NACCHO released a commentary in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) new report,...
Nov 13, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease deaths worldwide, and in the United States, eliminating TB...
Oct 17, 2019 | Andrea Grenadier
Despite the availability of screening and treatment, tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease...
Sep 03, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched five new tools that enable state and local health departments to easily find...
Jul 16, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Each year organizations across the globe recognize March 24 as World TB Day to commemorate the discovery of the bacterium that causes...
Apr 09, 2019 | Erin Laird
Observed each April, STD Awareness Month serves to raise awareness about what sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs)...
Apr 03, 2019 | Rebekah Horowitz
World TB Day on Sunday, March 24, commemorates the discovery of the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium and aims to raise awareness about the...
Mar 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
On December 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named Carolyn Wester, MD, MPH as the permanent Director of the Division...
Dec 20, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new practice guidelines for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The guidelines were developed by CDC, the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the European Respiratory Society. The […]
Today, NACCHO released a commentary in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) new report, Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019. The report shows that antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi cause more than 2.8 million infections and 35,000 deaths in the United States each year. That means, on average, someone in the […]
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease deaths worldwide, and in the United States, eliminating TB is a national public health goal.
Despite the availability of screening and treatment, tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease deaths worldwide and disproportionately affects vulnerable populations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched five new tools that enable state and local health departments to easily find data on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) indications, behavior change impact, disease epidemiology, and policy and cost implications by jurisdiction. The tools include: The PrEP Populations web-based tool estimates the number of individuals indicated for PrEP...
Each year organizations across the globe recognize March 24 as World TB Day to commemorate the discovery of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), raise awareness about the impacts of TB, and highlight opportunities to combat this disease. This year’s theme, “It’s Time,” urged leaders worldwide to commit to taking action to address TB. NACCHO […]
Observed each April, STD Awareness Month serves to raise awareness about what sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs) are, how they impact our lives, and why it’s important to prevent, test for, and treat them. As such, NACCHO leverages this observance annually to bring attention to STDs/STIs and mobilize health departments to strengthen their prevention, testing, and treatment...
World TB Day on Sunday, March 24, commemorates the discovery of the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium and aims to raise awareness about the global impact of TB. This year’s theme, “It’s time,” urges global leaders to take action to address TB and advance towards TB elimination. Local health departments are key stakeholders in the prevention and […]
On December 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named Carolyn Wester, MD, MPH as the permanent Director of the Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH). Dr. Wester, who has been the Medical Director for HIV, STDs, and Viral Hepatitis at the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) since 2008, will begin serving on January 22, 2019. The below […]
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