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Celebrate National DIS Recognition Day!
The 5th Annual National DIS Recognition Day is October 7, 2016. Created by the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) and...
Oct 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Resource Roundup: 2016 World Environmental Health Day – Fighting Second and...
Each year, the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH) hosts World Environmental Health Day to encourage global...
Sep 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Hog Roast Outbreaks Highlight Efforts to Strengthen Public Health Partnerships
By William Lanier, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, Senior Epidemiologist, Karen Becker, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, Director of Applied Epidemiology, and...
Sep 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Now Streaming: Lessons from Ebola and Zika
The Harvard Global Health Institute hosted a webinar featuring Ron Klain, former White House Ebola Response Coordinator (full bio...
Sep 21, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
New York Health Center Increases PrEP Uptake by Transgender Clients
The need to prevent HIV infections and improve the health of transgender men and women is urgent. Although there are very few data on...
Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Search Engine for Locating PrEP Providers Launches
Researchers from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University unveiled a new website, https://preplocator.org/, that will...
Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Conference Recap: EPA Local Government Advisory Committee Meeting
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) met on July 27-29, 2016 in Washington, DC to...
Sep 15, 2016 | Chelsea Gridley-Smith
September is National Preparedness Month!
September offers a wide range of public health awareness events for local health departments (LHDs) and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)...
Sep 09, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Sneak Peak: Summer 2016 NACCHO Exchange Feature Article
The newest issue of the NACCHO Exchange, our quarterly magazine sent out to all local health departments across the country, will be...
Sep 07, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Celebrate National DIS Recognition Day!The 5th Annual National DIS Recognition Day is October 7, 2016. Created by the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) and celebrated annually on the first Friday of October, National DIS Recognition Day aims to praise, congratulate, and honor disease intervention specialists (DIS) – the “warriors” of the sexually-transmitted disease (STD) world. To reward this workforce’s... Oct 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Resource Roundup: 2016 World Environmental Health Day – Fighting Second and Third-Hand SmokeEach year, the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH) hosts World Environmental Health Day to encourage global recognition of critical environmental health issues. Past themes have focused on raising awareness about protecting children’s environmental health, addressing environmental health inequalities, and preparing for emerging environmental health risks and challenges.... Sep 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Hog Roast Outbreaks Highlight Efforts to Strengthen Public Health PartnershipsBy William Lanier, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, Senior Epidemiologist, Karen Becker, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, Director of Applied Epidemiology, and Gabrielle Johnston, MPH, Public Affairs Specialist, United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service September highlights two important and interrelated public health issues, with National Food Safety Education Month and National Farm Safety... Sep 27, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Now Streaming: Lessons from Ebola and ZikaThe Harvard Global Health Institute hosted a webinar featuring Ron Klain, former White House Ebola Response Coordinator (full bio here) in a panel with Dr. Ashish K. Jha, Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute. Mr. Klain will talk about his work during the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak and the lessons we must learn in order to prepare for […] Sep 21, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
New York Health Center Increases PrEP Uptake by Transgender ClientsThe need to prevent HIV infections and improve the health of transgender men and women is urgent. Although there are very few data on trans men, it is estimated that, globally, trans women have an HIV prevalence of 19%—49 times higher than that of the general population. In high-income countries, the prevalence is estimated to […] Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Search Engine for Locating PrEP Providers LaunchesResearchers from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University unveiled a new website, https://preplocator.org/, that will allow users to locate a medical provider or clinic that can prescribe Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection. If taken daily, PrEP helps prevent the transmission of HIV. The website was introduced at the 20th Annual US […] Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Conference Recap: EPA Local Government Advisory Committee MeetingThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) met on July 27-29, 2016 in Washington, DC to discuss high priority issues for the EPA and local, state, and tribal governments working on environmental efforts. The LGAC is composed of locally elected and appointed officials (e.g., mayors, county executives, city managers, commissioners, etc.), state... Sep 15, 2016 | Chelsea Gridley-Smith |
September is National Preparedness Month!September offers a wide range of public health awareness events for local health departments (LHDs) and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Units to get involved in, so why should September’s National Preparedness Month be a priority? The answer is simple: preparedness work is a big part of what public health officials and volunteers do. But although LHD […] Sep 09, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Sneak Peak: Summer 2016 NACCHO Exchange Feature ArticleThe newest issue of the NACCHO Exchange, our quarterly magazine sent out to all local health departments across the country, will be hitting mailboxes over the next several weeks. The summer 2016 issue focuses on environmental health, highlighting topics including vector control, food safety, aquatic safety, healthy community design, climate change and more. The issue’s feature […] Sep 07, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
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