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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

Treatment Is More Than Prevention: Perceived Personal and Social Benefits of Undetectable = Untransmittable Messaging Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV

A survey of over 30,000 adolescent and adult sexual minority men living with HIV found growing acceptance of U = U...

Dec 03, 2020 | Shalesha Majors

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  • Tools & Resources
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Sexual Health Questions to Ask All Patients

This new sexual history-taking tool from the National Coalition of Sexual Health builds upon CDC's 5 Ps approach and...

Nov 11, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

STD Contact Tracing Infographic

This infographic from NCSD is designed to help explain the important work of Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) and...

Nov 10, 2020 | Julia Zigman

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

CDC YRBS Data Summary & Trends Report Released

CDC released the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Data Summary & Trends Report: 2009-2019, which provides an in-depth...

Oct 28, 2020 | Shalesha Majors

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Peer-To-Peer Technical Assistance Opportunity

NCSD is seeking STD/HIV programs currently in need of technical assistance (TA) in any particular area as well as those...

Oct 28, 2020 | Shalesha Majors

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  • COVID-19
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Disease Intervention Specialists and Our Nation’s Response to Covid-19

National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) released a summary report that features information gathered from organized...

Oct 21, 2020 | Shalesha Majors

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  • Tools & Resources
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

"Talking is Power Campaign" Supports Parents in Educating Native American Youth about HIV

To help American Indian and Alaska Native parents and caring adults initiate difficult conversations about sexual...

Oct 14, 2020 | Julia Zigman

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

New Courses Available from National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers

The NNPTC recently added new clinical updates and STI intensive courses to its 2020 – 2021 schedule.

Oct 14, 2020 | Julia Zigman

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

CDC Seeks STD Specialists to Test Website

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is looking for NACCHO members to share their opinions about a CDC...

Oct 14, 2020 | Shalesha Majors

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Funding Opportunity: Piloting Self-Specimen Collection Outside of Clinical Settings Using a Telemedicine Model for Testing for Gonorrhea & Chlamydia

Application deadline November 25, 2020.

Oct 13, 2020 | Shalesha Majors

Partner Articles

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  • Climate Change
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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
  • Infectious Disease
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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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  • Infectious Disease
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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
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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
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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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