The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published Progress in Vaccine-Preventable and Respiratory Infectious...
Jul 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Yesterday, amfAR and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law hosted a briefing at Georgetown Law in connection with...
In response to the destruction from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria occurring across Southern states and U.S. territories in 2017,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released two documents focused women and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as...
Jun 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
On June 25, NACCHO hosted a webinar on communicating changing guidance, in the context of the Zika response and beyond. Zika virus...
Jun 25, 2018 | Christina Baum
NACCHO is pleased to release a reference document: Zika Resources for Local Health Departments. In 2017, NACCHO conducted a literature...
Jun 20, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The rates of HIV transmission are high in the transgender and gender non-binary (TGNB) community. At the same time, pre-exposure...
Jun 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO’s Infectious Diseases Team is featured in the July/August 2018 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and...
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a persistent and growing threat to the health of communities. To meet this threat head-on,...
Jun 13, 2018 | Christina Baum
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published Progress in Vaccine-Preventable and Respiratory Infectious Diseases—First 10 Years of the CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), 2006–2015 to highlight progress that has resulted from the development of the NCIRD. Read the abstract below and check out the full article. The need for […]
Yesterday, amfAR and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law hosted a briefing at Georgetown Law in connection with the release of four new amfAR reports, “Long-Acting HIV Treatment and Prevention Are Coming: Preparing for Potential Game Changers.” The reports highlight the education and policy dialogues needed to prepare for innovative long-acting products […]
In response to the destruction from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria occurring across Southern states and U.S. territories in 2017, AIDS United was moved to act and help address the growing needs of agencies serving the HIV community. AIDS United has made funds available through this request for applications (RFA) to assist in meeting the […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released two documents focused women and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as part of its Town Hall Discussion Series. View the summary and the infographic.
On June 25, NACCHO hosted a webinar on communicating changing guidance, in the context of the Zika response and beyond. Zika virus emerged as a challenging threat to the United States because of the potentially devastating effects of the virus, the multiple routes of transmission, and the continual evolution of our collective understanding of the […]
NACCHO is pleased to release a reference document: Zika Resources for Local Health Departments. In 2017, NACCHO conducted a literature and desk review assessment to explore local health department (LHD) preparedness and response capabilities specific to Zika virus. The literature review assessed existing resources to determine current strengths and opportunities for improvement in the following...
The rates of HIV transmission are high in the transgender and gender non-binary (TGNB) community. At the same time, pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is an amazing new tool that reduces the chance of HIV acquisition by 90% or more. Why are the rates still so high with such an effective medication available? This new module […]
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 […]
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a persistent and growing threat to the health of communities. To meet this threat head-on, more local health departments (LHDs) are building their capacity for HAI prevention and response. Enhancing LHD capacity can involve a wide variety of activities such as conducting exercises that test response plans, strengthening connections with healthcare...
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