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World AIDS Day 2017: Increasing Impact through Transparency, Accountability, and...

Combatting HIV/AIDS: Nearly Four Decades of Progress For the past 29 years, we’ve set aside today, World AIDS Day, to raise awareness...

Nov 30, 2017 | Mardrequs Harris

  • World Food Day 2017: How Will Climate Change Influence Food Security and Migration?

    The local and global food system is an underlying and essential public health foundation that plays a role in nutrition, obesity,...

    Oct 16, 2017 | Grace McClain

  • Funding Announcement: 2017-2018 NACCHO Retail Program Standards Mentorship Program

    NACCHO, in coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is now accepting mentee and mentor applications (through...

    Sep 06, 2017 | Amy Chang

  • CDC: Get Ahead of Sepsis Campaign

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched Get Ahead of Sepsis, an educational initiative to protect Americans...

    Sep 01, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Leveraging Local Knowledge and Expertise to Tackle Healthcare-Associated Infections

    It is more and more common to open up your newspaper or browser and see a news story about the latest superbug, the hunt for new...

    Aug 07, 2017 | Christina Baum

  • Treatment Action Group: 2017 Pipeline Report

    Treatment Action Group (TAG) recently launched its annual research and development landscape analysis: The Pipeline Report: Drugs,...

    Jul 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

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    2018 Vector Control Summit: “Itching to Improve: Building Local Mosquito Control Capacity”

    In partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NACCHO developed and distributed an electronic survey to assess mosquito surveillance and control capacity among the nearly 2,000 local vector control programs nationwide. Through this work, we found that although mosquito-borne diseases are an ongoing public health concern in the United States, a large majority […]

    Apr 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

    National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2018: Advancing Adolescent HIV Prevention and Care at the Local Level

    Today is National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD), the only national observance highlighting the impact of HIV & AIDS on young people. In the United States, young people aged 13-24 account for 22% of new HIV diagnoses and nearly half of the 20 million STIs reported each year occur among young people aged 15-24. […]

    Apr 10, 2018 | Kat Kelley

    Infectious Disease, Tuberculosis

    World TB Day 2018: Leading the Charge at the Local Level  

    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. […]

    Mar 23, 2018 | Erin Laird

    World AIDS Day 2017: Increasing Impact through Transparency, Accountability, and Partnerships

    Combatting HIV/AIDS: Nearly Four Decades of Progress For the past 29 years, we’ve set aside today, World AIDS Day, to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection, and to mourn as well as celebrate the lives of those who have died from this disease. While we observe 29 years […]

    Nov 30, 2017 | Mardrequs Harris

    World Food Day 2017: How Will Climate Change Influence Food Security and Migration?

    The local and global food system is an underlying and essential public health foundation that plays a role in nutrition, obesity, environmental and occupational health, and more. Regardless of how well-established agriculture is within the United States, climate change poses a serious threat to food systems and the people who rely on them. Unusual rain […]

    Oct 16, 2017 | Grace McClain

    Funding Announcement: 2017-2018 NACCHO Retail Program Standards Mentorship Program

    NACCHO, in coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is now accepting mentee and mentor applications (through Friday, October 13, 2017) from state, local, territorial, and tribal retail food regulatory programs for the 2017-2018 cohort of NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards Mentorship Program. Program participants (mentors and mentees) will have opportunities to learn, share...

    Sep 06, 2017 | Amy Chang

    CDC: Get Ahead of Sepsis Campaign

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched Get Ahead of Sepsis, an educational initiative to protect Americans from the devastating effects of sepsis. This initiative emphasizes the importance of early recognition and timely treatment of sepsis, as well as the importance of preventing infections that could lead to sepsis. Public education is […]

    Sep 01, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Leveraging Local Knowledge and Expertise to Tackle Healthcare-Associated Infections

    It is more and more common to open up your newspaper or browser and see a news story about the latest superbug, the hunt for new antibiotics, or the spread of an infection within a healthcare facility. In fact, antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) have come to be widely recognized issues that must be […]

    Aug 07, 2017 | Christina Baum

    Treatment Action Group: 2017 Pipeline Report

    Treatment Action Group (TAG) recently launched its annual research and development landscape analysis: The Pipeline Report: Drugs, Diagnostics, Vaccines, Preventive Technologies, Research Toward a Cure, and Immune-Based and Gene Therapies in Development. This year’s Pipeline Report continues to demonstrate the significant yields of drugs and biologics research and the advancement of breakthrough...

    Jul 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

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