National Infant Immunization Week 2017: Power to Protect

From April 22-29, 2017, local health departments (LHDs) across the nation will celebrate National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)....

Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • STD Awareness Month Blog Series: Syphilis among Women and Newborn Babies

    April is STD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is Syphilis Strikes Back. This week’s post highlights the impact of syphilis on...

    Apr 19, 2017 | Nicholas Parr

  • STD Awareness Month Blog Series: Syphilis among Gay, Bisexual, and Other MSM

    April is STD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is Syphilis Strikes Back. This week’s post highlights the impact of syphilis on...

    Apr 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • STD Awareness Month Blog Series: Syphilis in the U.S.

    April is STD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is Syphilis Strikes Back. This theme was chosen by the Centers for Disease Control...

    Apr 06, 2017 | Nicholas Parr

  • National Public Health Week 2017: Endeavoring to Create the Healthiest Nation

    National Public Health Week (NPHW), organized annually by the American Public Health Association (APHA), presents an opportunity for...

    Apr 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • ID-IZ Forum Blog Series: An Introduction to the Infectious Disease and Immunization...

    As the voice of local health departments (LHDs), NACCHO supports local health officials and their staff by building LHD capacity,...

    Mar 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Meet the 2016-2017 NACCHO Health and Disability Fellows

    The NACCHO Health and Disability program is thrilled to introduce its 2016-17 fellows. NACCHO’s Health and Disability Fellowship is an...

    Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Unite to End TB: Collaborating to Identify Local Strategies for Tuberculosis...

    By: Aurimar Ayala, MPH, Maricopa County Department of Public Health World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, on March 24, is an annual event to...

    Mar 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Promoting Patient Safety: Overcoming Challenges at the Local Level

    March 12–18 is Patient Safety Awareness Week, a campaign developed by the National Patient Safety Foundation to increase awareness...

    Mar 13, 2017 | Erin Laird

  • National Infant Immunization Week 2017: Power to Protect

    From April 22-29, 2017, local health departments (LHDs) across the nation will celebrate National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW). Established in 1994, NIIW is an opportunity to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and celebrate the achievements of immunization programs in promoting healthy communities. Throughout this week, NACCHO will focus...

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    STD Awareness Month Blog Series: Syphilis among Women and Newborn Babies

    April is STD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is Syphilis Strikes Back. This week’s post highlights the impact of syphilis on women and newborns, and strategies of local health departments to address syphilis among these populations. As noted in the previous blog post, syphilis is a bacterial infection that is primarily spread through sexual contact, […]

    Apr 19, 2017 | Nicholas Parr

    STD Awareness Month Blog Series: Syphilis among Gay, Bisexual, and Other MSM

    April is STD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is Syphilis Strikes Back. This week’s post highlights the impact of syphilis on gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). As noted in the first blog post of the series, syphilis is a bacterial infection that is primarily spread through sexual contact. […]

    Apr 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    STD Awareness Month Blog Series: Syphilis in the U.S.

    April is STD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is Syphilis Strikes Back. This theme was chosen by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention as a reminder that, despite the elimination of syphilis being within reach just a decade ago, we are seeing […]

    Apr 06, 2017 | Nicholas Parr

    National Public Health Week 2017: Endeavoring to Create the Healthiest Nation

    National Public Health Week (NPHW), organized annually by the American Public Health Association (APHA), presents an opportunity for communities across the United States to reflect on the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving our nation. More importantly, NPHW serves as an excellent reminder of why public health exists: to […]

    Apr 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    ID-IZ Forum Blog Series: An Introduction to the Infectious Disease and Immunization Forum

    As the voice of local health departments (LHDs), NACCHO supports local health officials and their staff by building LHD capacity, highlighting innovation, advocating for public health priorities, and connecting members. While all of these activities play a critical role in improving and advancing local public health practice, connecting members is one of the best ways […]

    Mar 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Meet the 2016-2017 NACCHO Health and Disability Fellows

    The NACCHO Health and Disability program is thrilled to introduce its 2016-17 fellows. NACCHO’s Health and Disability Fellowship is an invaluable opportunity for undergraduate and/or graduate students pursing degrees in public health to receive hands on experience in the health and disability field. The fellowship includes providing support to local health departments (LHDs) through NACCHO’s...

    Mar 28, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Unite to End TB: Collaborating to Identify Local Strategies for Tuberculosis Prevention & Care

    By: Aurimar Ayala, MPH, Maricopa County Department of Public Health World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, on March 24, is an annual event to commemorate Dr. Robert Koch’s 1882 discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This year’s theme, “Unite to End TB,” is a nod to the many organizations in the United States (U.S.) and worldwide working in close […]

    Mar 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Promoting Patient Safety: Overcoming Challenges at the Local Level

    March 12–18 is Patient Safety Awareness Week, a campaign developed by the National Patient Safety Foundation to increase awareness about patient safety among health professionals and the public. Broadly defined, patient safety refers to the prevention of harm to patients, such as accidental or preventable injury or infection, while receiving medical care. Patient safety practices […]

    Mar 13, 2017 | Erin Laird

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