The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) kicks off on Monday, November 12! As you prepare for the week, we encourage you to check out...
Nov 06, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
In October 2018, NACCHO’s Board of Directors approved a new policy statement on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in...
Nov 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. government’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Challenge is a yearlong effort to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial...
Sep 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Antibiotic Stewardship has launched the final components of its...
Sep 05, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Recently, in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, authors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Aug 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
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
The Journal of the American Medical Association: Internal Medicine has released a new study which shows that healthcare professionals...
Jul 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO’s Infectious Diseases Team is featured in the July/August 2018 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and...
Jun 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Antibiotics save millions of lives. Infectious bacterial diseases that were once deadly are now treatable with antibiotics....
May 24, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) kicks off on Monday, November 12! As you prepare for the week, we encourage you to check out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Be Antibiotics Aware partner toolkit, which contains key messages, social media content, graphics, and more. Additionally, below are specific CDC USAAW activities, along with data and resources […]
In October 2018, NACCHO’s Board of Directors approved a new policy statement on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in response to concerns from local health departments. CAFOs are animal feeding operations with more than 1,000 animal units (e.g., 1,000 head of beef cattle, 700 dairy cows, 2,500 swine >55 lbs., 125,000 broiler chickens, or 82,000 […]
The U.S. government’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Challenge is a yearlong effort to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial resistance across the globe. The AMR Challenge is a way for governments, private industries, and non-governmental organizations worldwide to make formal commitments that further the progress against antimicrobial resistance. The challenge encourages a One Health...
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,...
Recently, in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, authors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that antibiotics are the leading cause of emergency department (ED) visits for adverse drug events in children. Antibiotics save lives and are critical tools for treating infections, like those that can lead to sepsis, but […]
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 […]
The Journal of the American Medical Association: Internal Medicine has released a new study which shows that healthcare professionals in all outpatient settings unnecessarily prescribed antibiotics for respiratory illnesses like the common cold and bronchitis. According to the study, antibiotics were prescribed unnecessarily in 46% of urgent care center visits, 25% of emergency department visits,...
NACCHO’s Infectious Diseases Team is featured in the July/August 2018 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Browse the article summary below and read the full article here. The 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa and subsequent cases in the United States highlighted the critical need to enhance coordination in health care […]
Antibiotics save millions of lives. Infectious bacterial diseases that were once deadly are now treatable with antibiotics. Unfortunately, 30 percent of antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary and potentially dangerous. Antibiotics can cause side-effects ranging from mild to severe. Antibiotic resistance is a serious public health issue. Each year around two million illnesses and 23,000 deaths...
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