The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Tuberculosis (TB) persists as a problem in the United States with 9,272 cases detected in 2016, according to CDC. To maintain...
Mar 23, 2018 | Erin Laird
NACCHO’s Vector Control team is looking to highlight best practices through our Stories from the Field program. We are interviewing...
Mar 22, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The below information was cross-posted from a press release from the O’Neill Institute. As HIV/AIDS advocacy groups prepare to...
Mar 22, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
About 60,000 children under age five end up in the emergency room every year after getting into medicines left within reach. National...
Applications open at 12 a.m. ET, on April 2, 2018 & will be accepted until 5 p.m. ET, on April 30, 2018. The Kresge Foundation is...
Mar 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Climate Interactive interviewed the leaders of ten initiatives that are innovating in ways the improve health and protect the climate,...
Mar 12, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Cavities (tooth decay) are one of the most common chronic diseases among American children and adolescents. In 1945, Grand Rapids,...
Mar 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
ASTM is taking the lead to develop standards related to cannabis and cannabis-infused products. Hear from ASTM Committee D37 on...
Feb 27, 2018 | Amy Chang
Through NACCHO’s outreach to environmental health leaders around the country, we have heard a strong desire for a streamlined...
Feb 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Tuberculosis (TB) persists as a problem in the United States with 9,272 cases detected in 2016, according to CDC. To maintain awareness of this continued threat and honor Dr. Robert Koch’s discovery of the bacteria that causes TB, March 24 is recognized as World TB Day. This year’s theme, “Wanted: Leaders for a TB-Free World. […]
NACCHO’s Vector Control team is looking to highlight best practices through our Stories from the Field program. We are interviewing local health department officials who are willing to share their stories of novel vector control interventions they have implemented in their communities. Through this initiative, we aim to give a voice to the local health […]
The below information was cross-posted from a press release from the O’Neill Institute. As HIV/AIDS advocacy groups prepare to gather for AIDSWatch, the nation’s largest annual constituent-based national HIV/AIDS advocacy event, policy experts from the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law have issued a new report outlining the impact federal […]
About 60,000 children under age five end up in the emergency room every year after getting into medicines left within reach. National Poison Prevention Week (March 18 – 24) serves as a reminder to always keep medicines up and away. This year CDC partnered with the Up and Away campaign to share resources to help […]
Applications open at 12 a.m. ET, on April 2, 2018 & will be accepted until 5 p.m. ET, on April 30, 2018. The Kresge Foundation is seeking applicants for Emerging Leaders in Public Health – an 18-month, leadership development initiative aimed at providing local, governmental public health leaders with the knowledge and skills to lead […]
Climate Interactive interviewed the leaders of ten initiatives that are innovating in ways the improve health and protect the climate, often while saving money. Their findings on what is possible and how it can be accomplished are presented in the report: Multisolving at the Intersection of Health and Climate: Lessons From Success Stories. With a […]
Cavities (tooth decay) are one of the most common chronic diseases among American children and adolescents. In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan made history as the first U.S. city to combat cavities by fluoridating its public water supplies. Water fluoridation prevents tooth decay by providing frequent and consistent contact with low levels of fluoride. By keeping […]
ASTM is taking the lead to develop standards related to cannabis and cannabis-infused products. Hear from ASTM Committee D37 on Cannabis on what ASTM is doing to develop cannabis standards, what areas they are developing cannabis standards in, timeline expected, and how you can get involved. You will also hear from the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) […]
Through NACCHO’s outreach to environmental health leaders around the country, we have heard a strong desire for a streamlined method for leaders to connect, collaborate, and share with peers in their region and similarly organized jurisdictions. This is especially important given the reality of increasing environmental health related issues, decreasing funding, and a changing public...
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