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National Health IT Week: Exploring the Role of Informatics in Local Public Health
From September 26-30, 2016, public and private healthcare organizations will celebrate National Health IT Week by working in...
Sep 22, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Nomination Deadline Extended: Friends of NCBDDD Executive Committee
The Friends of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) is currently seeking nominations for its...
Sep 21, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
IDSA Initiatives Seek to Overcome Antibiotic Resistance
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is undertaking several policy-oriented initiatives to combat antimicrobial...
Sep 20, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
NMAC Launches New Initiative: Building Leaders of Color Living with HIV
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), in partnership with the Transgender Law Center, HIV Caucus, and the Positive Women’s...
Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Lessons from the 2016 Ryan White Conference
Last month, NACCHO’s HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis team attended the 2016 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment....
Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Join the Global Conversation about Antibiotic Resistance
On September 21, global leaders will convene a high-level meeting at the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the global threat...
Sep 16, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Newly Released: NACCHO Exchange Summer 2016 Issue
The newest issue of the NACCHO Exchange, our quarterly magazine was sent out to all local health departments (LHDs) across the country...
Sep 16, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
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
CDC Career Opportunity: Associate Director for Health Equity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks exceptional candidates for the position of Health Scientist to serve as the...
Sep 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
National Health IT Week: Exploring the Role of Informatics in Local Public HealthFrom September 26-30, 2016, public and private healthcare organizations will celebrate National Health IT Week by working in partnership to educate industry and policy stakeholders on the value of health information technology (IT) for the U.S. healthcare system. As a partner in the advancement of health IT, NACCHO is committed to expanding the value of […] Sep 22, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Nomination Deadline Extended: Friends of NCBDDD Executive CommitteeThe Friends of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) is currently seeking nominations for its 2017-2018 Executive Committee, including Chair, Vice Chair, and two Member at Large positions. Executive committee members provide leadership and support to the Friends of NCBDDD objectives, which include: Serve as a conduit between participant organizations and... Sep 21, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
IDSA Initiatives Seek to Overcome Antibiotic ResistanceThe Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is undertaking several policy-oriented initiatives to combat antimicrobial resistance. Check them out below and learn how your local health department can support these activities: Antibiotic Development: The 10x’20 Initiative: IDSA’s regulatory and legislative effort to spur research and development of new antibiotics to treat serious... Sep 20, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
NMAC Launches New Initiative: Building Leaders of Color Living with HIVThe National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), in partnership with the Transgender Law Center, HIV Caucus, and the Positive Women’s Network – USA, recently launched Building Leaders of Color Living with HIV (BLOC). The BLOC will train people of color living with HIV to be full, active, and engaged participants on planning bodies, medical and support care teams, boards […] Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Lessons from the 2016 Ryan White ConferenceLast month, NACCHO’s HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis team attended the 2016 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB), the conference convened more than 2,400 grantees, consumers, stakeholders, and healthcare professionals from across... Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Join the Global Conversation about Antibiotic ResistanceOn September 21, global leaders will convene a high-level meeting at the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden will meet with world leaders to reinforce the importance of continued global action to fight antimicrobial resistance, the need to slow its potentially devastating impact on […] Sep 16, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Newly Released: NACCHO Exchange Summer 2016 IssueThe newest issue of the NACCHO Exchange, our quarterly magazine was sent out to all local health departments (LHDs) across the country last week. 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 article describes the recent lead […] Sep 16, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
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 |
CDC Career Opportunity: Associate Director for Health EquityThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks exceptional candidates for the position of Health Scientist to serve as the Associate Director for Health Equity in the Office of Health Equity (OHE), in the Office of the Director, in the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). As a leader […] Sep 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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