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The Essential Elements of Local Public Health

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

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

  • Funding Opportunity
  • 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

  • Climate Change
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

Heat Rise Alert: Local Health Worker Interventions are Needed to Protect Pregnant People

Pregnant people have been largely invisible in efforts to better manage harm to human health from the increasing number...

Oct 08, 2020 | Guest Author

  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

DIS Recognition Day: NACCHO Announces STD Engage 2020 Scholarship Winners

In honor of DIS Recognition Day on October 2, 2020, please join NACCHO in highlighting and congratulating the DIS...

Sep 30, 2020 | Shalesha Majors

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Turning the Page on HIV: New CDC Initiative Fuels Progress in STD Clinics

A new factsheet highlights progress from a recent CDC initiative, “Scaling up HIV Prevention Services in Specialty STD...

Sep 02, 2020 | Julia Zigman

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis
  • Research & Reports

Study: Gaps in STI Screening among Men who Have Sex with Men in PrEP Care in the U.S.

A study recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases found that substantial gaps exist between CDC...

Aug 19, 2020 | Julia Zigman

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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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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
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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
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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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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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  • 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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  • Healthy Living & Prevention
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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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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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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Scholarships Available: SYNChronicity 2020 Conference –...

SYNC 2020, the National Conference for HIV, HCV, STI and LGBTQ Health, is...

Jul 08, 2020 | Julia Zigman

Scholarships Available: SYNChronicity 2020 Conference –...

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