The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The full schedule for the 2019 Preparedness Summit is now available. From March 26-29, we’re bringing you 25 hands-on workshops...
Jan 31, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Note: This is the sixth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a...
Jan 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), in collaboration with the National Association of County and City Health Officials...
Jan 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
This press release was originally posted on the Sexual Health Youth Advocacy Coalition website. Advocates call widespread lack of...
Oct 15, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Michael Dohn, MD, MSc, Medical Director, Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County The Montgomery County opioid overdose death...
Sep 18, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Andrew Linton, CPM, RS, Division Manager, Environmental Health Division, Maricopa County Environmental Services Department...
Sep 04, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Held on August 31st every year, International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event to raise awareness of overdose and lower stigma...
Aug 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The 2018 PHI Conference will feature three exciting plenary sessions that provide a big-picture overview of how public health and its...
Jul 31, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) recently released a paper on HIV Data Privacy and...
Jun 05, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The full schedule for the 2019 Preparedness Summit is now available. From March 26-29, we’re bringing you 25 hands-on workshops and demonstrations, 8 town halls, 3 plenary sessions, a robust exhibit hall, and 135 learning and quick-hit sessions, including the below: Infectious Diseases and Immunization QH10 – A Collaborative Response to Two Imported Cases of […]
Note: This is the sixth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a question here. January 2019 Dear Greener Guidance, What exactly are PFAS, and what should we be doing as a local health department to keep our community safe from any health risks associated with PFAS? – PFAS Patrol Dear […]
The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), in collaboration with the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), offered a new funding opportunity in fall 2018 to local governmental agencies housing their jurisdiction’s childhood lead prevention...
This press release was originally posted on the Sexual Health Youth Advocacy Coalition website. Advocates call widespread lack of sexual health care, despite high rates of STIs and sexual abuse, an ethical and public health failure New York, NY (October 15, 2018) — In October 2017, leading organizations working on juvenile justice, adolescent sexual health policy, […]
By Michael Dohn, MD, MSc, Medical Director, Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County The Montgomery County opioid overdose death rate was the highest in Ohio from 2010 through 2016. Accidental opioid overdose deaths continued to climb in 2017. Montgomery County became the face of the opioid epidemic with the publication of “Faces of an Epidemic” […]
By Andrew Linton, CPM, RS, Division Manager, Environmental Health Division, Maricopa County Environmental Services Department Editor’s Note: September is National Food Safety Month. Throughout the month, NACCHO is featuring local health departments’ food safety efforts, starting with Maricopa County. The Maricopa County Environmental Services Department (MCESD) is the proud recipient...
Held on August 31st every year, International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event to raise awareness of overdose and lower stigma around drug-related deaths. Events and activities around the world stimulate conversations about prevention and policy and remind participants that overdose death is preventable. The domestic opioid epidemic continues to expand, with national provisional […]
The 2018 PHI Conference will feature three exciting plenary sessions that provide a big-picture overview of how public health and its cross-sector partners are engaging in efforts to connect systems and people to improve population health. Check out the below descriptions for a sneak-peek into what you can expect to hear about during each plenary: Connecting People: Building […]
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) recently released a paper on HIV Data Privacy and Confidentiality: Legal & Ethical Considerations for Health Department Data Sharing. The paper provides a summary of findings from a ten-state legal and regulatory research project NASTAD conducted, focusing on the legal authorities and limitations for HIV data […]
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A Call to build connection across the LHO community, ensure timely updates, and allow for discussion with federal partners on a regular basis.
A Model Aquatic Health Code Network webinar featuring Columbus Public Health.
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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.
The largest convening of local health department leaders and public health professionals in the United States.
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...
Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma
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The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance (BLOC COVID-19+)...
Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross
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