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PrEP Navigator Manual: Helping People Access Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

In August 2017, PleasePrEPMe.org and Project Inform launched a new PrEP navigation publication, Helping People Access Pre-Exposure...

Feb 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

Funding Opportunity, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Funding Opportunity: AIDS United Offering Urgent Action Grant Requests

Through the Southern HIV Impact Fund, AIDS United will award urgent action grants of up to $25,000 to organizations that challenge and strengthen the socio-political landscape of the U.S. South. The Southern HIV Impact Fund focuses on the needs of individuals and communities affected by HIV in three primary areas: prevention; care and support; and […]

Aug 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

Tools & Resources, Immunization

NIAM 2018: Using A Collaborative Workgroup to Address Local Immunization Issues

Every August, NACCHO participates in observing National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) to highlight the importance of immunizations throughout the lifespan, particularly among school-aged children, pregnant women, babies and infants, pre-teens and teens, and adults. Local health departments (LHDs) play a vital role in increasing awareness about immunizations as a tool to protect communities...

Aug 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

Tools & Resources, All of Us, Climate Change, Food Safety & Inspection

Confront the Health Impacts of Climate Change with NACCHO’s Toolkit

By Dylan Williams, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO Climate change is a problem of national magnitude that affects the health of all Americans. Climate change deteriorates the health of the public by exacerbating extreme weather events and altering natural ecosystems, which affects food sources and the migration of vector-borne diseases. The implications […]

Jul 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

All of Us, Climate Change, Water Quality

Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Messages for Summer Safety

The summer months present a unique set of environmental health challenges for practitioners to consider. Climbing temperatures awaken a host of public health vectors (animals and insects that can transmit diseases to humans). Public pools reopen, with children flocking to splash around in—and, most likely, swallow—water that local health departments must ensure is adequately chlorinated. […]

May 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Funding Opportunity, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Funding Opportunity: Strengthening STD Prevention and Control for Health Departments

Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) issued a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) –Strengthening STD Prevention and Control for Health Departments, or STD PCHD. Eligible applicants include state, local and territorial health departments or their Bona Fide Agents currently funded under PS14-1402:Improving Sexually...

May 01, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

Hazards & Health Effects, Health Equity & Social Justice, Lead Poisoning

Environmental Justice, Equity, and Community in Los Angeles County

By Cynthia Harding, MPH, Chief Deputy Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH); Angelo Bellomo, MS, REHS, QEP, Deputy Director, Health Protection, LACDPH; Kim Harrison Eowan, MPH, Senior Advisor to the Chief Deputy Director, LACDPH The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines environmental justice as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all...

Apr 27, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Tools & Resources, Physical Activity

New CDC Physical Activity & Health Branch Community Strategies Website

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Physical Activity and Health Branch created a new Community Strategies website. The website supports the work of several rounds of new grant opportunities, including the new State Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) Program, and it further supports existing efforts such as the Surgeon General’s Call to Action […]

Apr 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Infectious Disease, Vector Control

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

PrEP Navigator Manual: Helping People Access Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

In August 2017, PleasePrEPMe.org and Project Inform launched a new PrEP navigation publication, Helping People Access Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, available in English and Spanish! This manual provides in-depth information to frontline staff within California on the various aspects of supporting people who seek PrEP to get and maintain their prescriptions and related health care. The manual is meant...

Feb 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

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Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve Vaccine Access, Education,...

NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...

Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea

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Oct 12, 2023 | Anu Varma

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

Sep 08, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance (BLOC COVID-19+)...

Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

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