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) will award up to $120 million over five years to 17 organizations under its new...
Apr 10, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Each year organizations across the globe recognize March 24 as World TB Day to commemorate the discovery of the bacterium that causes...
Apr 09, 2019 | Erin Laird
The National Viral Hepatitis Action Plan emphasizes that elimination of viral hepatitis will require coordinated and collaborative...
Apr 05, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Advocates for Youth is accepting applications to join its cohort of youth activists for the 2019-2020 school year. Every year, the...
Apr 04, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO’s STD Express Initiative was recently featured in The Nation’s Health, a publication of the American Public Health...
Module 5 is designed to prepare members of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part A planning councils/planning bodies for active and...
Apr 03, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Observed each April, STD Awareness Month serves to raise awareness about what sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs)...
Apr 03, 2019 | Rebekah Horowitz
As part of NACCHO’s efforts to support Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS), which have included participation in the preparations...
The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has released a new toolkit, Priority Resource Dissemination Toolkit, which highlights...
Apr 03, 2019 | Kat Kelley
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will award up to $120 million over five years to 17 organizations under its new program, PS19-1904: Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) for High Impact HIV Prevention Program Integration. The program, which began on April 1, 2019, seeks to strengthen the capacity and improve the performance of the […]
Each year organizations across the globe recognize March 24 as World TB Day to commemorate the discovery of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), raise awareness about the impacts of TB, and highlight opportunities to combat this disease. This year’s theme, “It’s Time,” urged leaders worldwide to commit to taking action to address TB. NACCHO […]
The National Viral Hepatitis Action Plan emphasizes that elimination of viral hepatitis will require coordinated and collaborative efforts across stakeholders. The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP) is developing a new webpage to feature viral hepatitis elimination projects from across the United States to help stakeholders who believe it is feasible to […]
Advocates for Youth is accepting applications to join its cohort of youth activists for the 2019-2020 school year. Every year, the organization chooses 120 youth activists, aged 14-24, to be in a year-long fellowship and provides training, support and financial resources to advocate for reproductive and sexual health in their local communities. There are two programs available: Engaging […]
NACCHO’s STD Express Initiative was recently featured in The Nation’s Health, a publication of the American Public Health Association. Below is an excerpt. With insufficient resources and rising needs, the STD prevention field is ripe for innovation. The National Association of County and City Health Officials is leading one such effort. The CDC-funded Express STI Visits […]
Module 5 is designed to prepare members of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part A planning councils/planning bodies for active and informed participation in the priority setting and resource allocation process. The module covers: importance and context; priority setting; directives; resource allocation; and reallocation. The module includes trainer notes, editable presentation slides,...
Observed each April, STD Awareness Month serves to raise awareness about what sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs) are, how they impact our lives, and why it’s important to prevent, test for, and treat them. As such, NACCHO leverages this observance annually to bring attention to STDs/STIs and mobilize health departments to strengthen their prevention, testing, and treatment...
As part of NACCHO’s efforts to support Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS), which have included participation in the preparations for a national DIS certification program and development of new training courses for DIS and DIS supervisors, we provide scholarships for local health department (LHD) DIS to attend the National Coalition of STD Director’s (NCSD’s) annual STD […]
The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has released a new toolkit, Priority Resource Dissemination Toolkit, which highlights useful resources for the implementation of school-based HIV and STI prevention interventions. The toolkit was developed collaboratively with NACCHO, Advocates for Youth (Advocates), and the School-Based Health Alliance (the Alliance) as part of Expanding...
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