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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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Share the STD Registry on Social Media During STD Awareness Week (April 10th-April 16th)

Share the #STDRegistry on your social media accounts to support NACCHO's efforts in collecting a registry of STD/HIV...

Feb 17, 2022 | Jas Florentino

2022 COVID Rural Workforce RFA
  • COVID-19
  • Funding Opportunity
  • Rural Health

Request for Applications: Building Workforce Capacity of Rural and Frontier Local Health Departments to Respond to COVID-19

Applications due March 30, 2022.

Feb 16, 2022 | Beth Hess

  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

CDC’s InFORM Conference Now Accepting Registration Scholarships for NACCHO Members to Attend!

Get the opportunity to exchange expertise about improving surveillance systems and practices for detecting,...

Feb 14, 2022

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CDC's Updated Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations for Adults

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met on...

Feb 10, 2022 | Victoria Thompson

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Seeking an RWHAP Rapid ART Policy and Decision Makers Playbook Consultant(s)

NACCHO is seeking a consultant to create materials to support the development of the Rapid ART Policy and Decisions...

Feb 06, 2022 | Jas Florentino, Sabrina Gandy

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Water Quality

MAHC Network Webinar (February 2022): Provisional Model Aquatic Health Code Updates

Join NACCHO and CDC on February 23, 2 PM ET online!

Feb 04, 2022 | Emily D'Angelo

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Community Health

Seeking a Strategic Communications and Marketing Consultant for the National Harm Reduction Technical Assistance Center

NACCHO will award up to $150,000 to a consultant to develop and support implementation of a marketing and...

Feb 04, 2022 | Lucy Slater, Jas Florentino

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  • Webinar
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Webinar Recording: PrEP Clinical Guidelines 2021 - What Health Departments Should Know

NACCHO hosted a webinar on January 18 discussing recent updates to the CDC's Clinical Guidelines for Pre-Exposure...

Feb 02, 2022 | Julia Zigman

Webinar
  • Climate Change

Save the Date: Harnessing the Lancet Countdown for Clinical and Public Health Practice

The Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health...

Feb 01, 2022

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Injury and Violence Prevention
  • Opioid Overdose Epidemic
  • Community Health

Request For Proposals: Overdose Response Strategy Pilot Project Technical Assistance Meeting Facilitation

NACCHO is pleased to offer a funding opportunity for a skilled facilitator to aid the six Overdose Response Strategy...

Jan 26, 2022 | Audrey Eisemann

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

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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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Protecting Lung Health During Wildfires

The American Lung Association has developed a new fact sheet in Spanish to...

Jul 15, 2020

Protecting Lung Health During Wildfires

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Parks

Greener Parks for Health

National Recreation and Park Association releases new Greener Parks for Health...

Jul 13, 2020

Greener Parks for Health

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  • Tools & Resources

CDC Report: Temporary Reassignment of Personnel Requests...

CDC recently updated its flexibilities guidance for recipients and applicants...

Jul 09, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

CDC Report: Temporary Reassignment of Personnel Requests...

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