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The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2021: We’re In This Together

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), observed annually on February 7, is a chance to get more involved in...

Feb 04, 2021 | Julia Zigman

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

WHO Recommends the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring as a New Choice for HIV Prevention for Women at Substantial Risk of HIV Infection

WHO recommended that the dapivirine vaginal ring (DPV-VR) may be offered as an additional prevention choice for women...

Feb 04, 2021 | Julia Zigman

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

WPSI Launches "Guidance You Can Trust" Campaign

Women’s Preventive Health Services Initiative (WPSI), an effort led by ACOG and HRSA, has recently launched a new...

Jan 28, 2021 | Hitomi Abe

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

The End Falls on Us: Elevating the Continued Need for Community Leadership in Ending the HIV Epidemic

A recent paper published in TAGline, "The End Falls on Us: Elevating the Continued Need for Community Leadership in...

Dec 03, 2020 | Julia Zigman

  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Influenza

FDA Announced Flu Vaccine Messages Aimed at Food and Agriculture Sectors

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched targeted outreach to remind leaders and workers in the food and...

Nov 24, 2020

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Toolkit for Providing HIV Prevention Services to Transgender Women of Color

The CDC Capacity Building Branch released the Toolkit for Providing HIV Prevention Services to Transgender Women of...

Oct 14, 2020 | Shalesha Majors

  • Climate Change
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

Heat Rise Alert: Local Health Worker Interventions are Needed to Protect Pregnant People

Pregnant people have been largely invisible in efforts to better manage harm to human health from the increasing number...

Oct 08, 2020 | Guest Author

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CDC Releases Reports on Influenza Vaccination Coverage during the 2019-2020 Flu Season

In recognition of the beginning of flu season, CDC released two online reports and an MMWR on influenza vaccination...

Sep 30, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott

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  • Press Release
  • Climate Change
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize Children’s Environmental Health Day

NACCHO partners with Children's Environmental Health Network for CEH Day 2020.

Sep 28, 2020 | Guest Author

  • Immunization
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

Pregnancy and Immunization: A Guide to Creating Patient Materials

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has released a new resource, Pregnancy and Immunization:...

Aug 24, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott

Partner Articles

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
  • Opportunity

RFP: NACCHO Seeking a Graphic Designer for New MAPP 2.0...

NACCHO is seeking a qualified consultant to provide graphic design for the new...

Nov 07, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

RFP: NACCHO Seeking a Graphic Designer for New MAPP 2.0...

  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Training

Join us for a Climate for Health Ambassadors Training at...

We are partnering with Climate for Health and ecoAmerica to offer an...

Jul 11, 2022 | Anu Varma

Join us for a Climate for Health Ambassadors Training at...

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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health
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New Resource: BLOC COVID Video Series

This video series was developed from interviews with BLOC COVID funded sites to...

Jul 06, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson, Candice Young

New Resource: BLOC COVID Video Series

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  • Webinar
  • Community Health
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control
  • Infectious Disease

World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

This year’s theme for World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5 is focused on recognizing...

May 04, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson

World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) researchers are working to...

Sep 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Water Quality

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

On August 12, 2021, NACCHO and AAAS’s EPI Center hosted a webinar on PFAS...

Aug 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the...

Applications for the program are now open from September 9 through November 15,...

Aug 03, 2021 | Guest Author

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Accreditation & Quality Improvement
  • Opportunity
  • Performance Improvement

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

NACCHO is pleased to announced the release of three Request for Proposals to...

Feb 17, 2021 | Andrea Grenadier

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

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  • Climate Change
  • Health Equity & Social Justice
  • Policy

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

NACCHO joins leading public health organizations in signing a declaration...

Jan 27, 2021 | Anu Varma

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Water Quality

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

Purdue is partnering with NACCHO to offer this online course at a discount for...

Dec 04, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

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  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NACCHO and CFP Seeks New Recruits for the 2020-2022 Food...

NACCHO and CFP are seeking 10-15 state, local, tribal, and territorial health...

Oct 13, 2020 | Anu Varma

NACCHO and CFP Seeks New Recruits for the 2020-2022 Food...

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  • Press Release
  • Climate Change
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize...

NACCHO partners with Children’s Environmental Health Network for CEH Day 2020.

Sep 28, 2020 | Guest Author

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize...

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