The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The consequences of climate change directly affect human health, the practice of medicine, and the stability of health care systems....
Aug 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the American Water Ways Association...
Aug 09, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) has posted a Notice of Funding...
Jul 19, 2019 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
The 2019 “Planning for Natural Disaster Debris” guidance is an update to the version that EPA published in March 2008. It is designed...
May 21, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a Supply Chain Resilience Guide to provide emergency managers with...
May 06, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The theme for this year’s World Water Day, recognized annually on March 22, is “Leaving no one behind.” Billions of people around the...
Mar 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Note: This is the seventh edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a...
Feb 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Please see the statement below from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Among those in Hurricane Michael’s path in the...
Oct 11, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO is closely monitoring Hurricane Florence and is ready to assist and support local health departments with response and recovery...
Sep 13, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The consequences of climate change directly affect human health, the practice of medicine, and the stability of health care systems. This Interactive Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine elucidates these effects and some approaches to mitigating them. In this new feature, clinicians will find the climate-related information most relevant to their medical specialty, as well...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the American Water Ways Association (AWWA) developed the 2019 Emergency Water Supply Planning Guide (EWSP) to help healthcare facilities prepare for, respond to, and recover from a water supply interruption. The updated EWSP includes guidance on how to assess water usage, response […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) has posted a Notice of Funding Opportunity (DHS-19-CWMD-077-001) for the First Responder Vaccine Initiative (FRVI) Pilot. The FRVI Pilot will provide the opportunity for selected State and Local jurisdictions to administer voluntary pre-event anthrax vaccine to first responders and evaluate the...
The 2019 “Planning for Natural Disaster Debris” guidance is an update to the version that EPA published in March 2008. It is designed to help all communities (including cities, counties, territories, tribes, etc.) create disaster debris management plans, which EPA strongly encourages. The Planning for Natural Disaster Debris guidance assists communities in planning for natural […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a Supply Chain Resilience Guide to provide emergency managers with recommendations on how to analyze supply chains and work with the private sector to enhance supply chain resilience in support of the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101: Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans. The guide also identifies how the […]
The theme for this year’s World Water Day, recognized annually on March 22, is “Leaving no one behind.” Billions of people around the world already live without access to safe water, and in emergencies, those numbers increase exponentially. Across the United States, aging water infrastructure, severe weather, and accidents cause an estimated 240,000 water main […]
Note: This is the seventh edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a question here. February 2019 Dear Greener Guidance, I am writing to inquire about environmental health (EH) emergency preparedness best practices, specifically with the integration of EH with public health, emergency medical services, and behavioral health in response...
Please see the statement below from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Among those in Hurricane Michael’s path in the Southeast U.S. are farmers and their fields of crops grown for human consumption. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition has several resources to help growers who may be […]
NACCHO is closely monitoring Hurricane Florence and is ready to assist and support local health departments with response and recovery efforts. Access up-to-date resources and critical situation reports. Please reach out to NACCHO’s Preparedness team for additional updates or assistance.
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