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New Funding Opportunity: Syringe Access Fund
The Syringe Access Fund is a national grantmaking initiative that supports service providers and policy projects that reduce the risk...
Sep 23, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu
New NACCHO HPV Funding Opportunity and Informational Webinar
NACCHO has received additional funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support local health departments as they...
Sep 22, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
NACCHO Recognizes Local Health Departments for Infectious Disease Model and...
NACCHO’s Model Practice and Promising Practice awards recognize local health departments’ innovative programs, resources,...
Sep 10, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
Attention All DIS! Apply to Win a Full Scholarship to NCSD’s Annual Meeting
The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) and NACCHO are sponsoring six full scholarships for interested DIS to attend the NCSD...
Sep 09, 2015 | Kate Drezner
Human Plague
Since the beginning of April, there have been 11 cases of human plague across six states and three deaths from the disease. This is...
Aug 31, 2015 | Christina Baum
Outbreak Communications Guide
The National Public Health Information Coalition has released the Outbreak Communications Guide to help public health communicators...
Aug 25, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
NACCHO Executive Director Declares It’s Time for a Counterattack on...
In his op-ed in The Hill, NACCHO’s Executive Director Dr. Hasbrouck urges swifter action in fighting antibiotic resistance....
Aug 24, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu
NARMS Now: Human Data
The CDC has introduced a new tool that uses data from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) and allows users...
Aug 20, 2015 | Christina Baum
Addressing the Public Health Threat of Climate Change
August 3rd was an historic day for the health of the United States as the White House announced the Clean Power Plan to tackle the...
Aug 19, 2015 | Lisa Brown
New Funding Opportunity: Syringe Access FundThe Syringe Access Fund is a national grantmaking initiative that supports service providers and policy projects that reduce the risk of HIV, hepatitis C, and other blood-borne pathogens through expanded access to sterile syringes. Established in 2004, the Syringe Access Fund has been a collaborative effort of various private foundations, corporations, and public charities that […] Sep 23, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu |
New NACCHO HPV Funding Opportunity and Informational WebinarNACCHO has received additional funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support local health departments as they engage and collaborate with healthcare providers and other key community stakeholders to increase human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates in their communities, according to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ HPV vaccination recommendations. Up... Sep 22, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
NACCHO Recognizes Local Health Departments for Infectious Disease Model and Promising PracticesNACCHO’s Model Practice and Promising Practice awards recognize local health departments’ innovative programs, resources, administrative practices, or tools that demonstrate exemplary and replicable qualities in response to a local public health need. A model practice meets the following criteria: local health department role, collaboration, innovation, responsiveness, and evaluation of both the... Sep 10, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
Attention All DIS! Apply to Win a Full Scholarship to NCSD’s Annual MeetingThe National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) and NACCHO are sponsoring six full scholarships for interested DIS to attend the NCSD Annual Meeting October 27-30 in Savannah, GA. The meeting will prove to be an excellent opportunity for DIS to gain knowledge and skills around STD prevention as it relates to sexual health. The agenda […] Sep 09, 2015 | Kate Drezner |
Human PlagueSince the beginning of April, there have been 11 cases of human plague across six states and three deaths from the disease. This is higher than usual for the year and the CDC update about the situation can be found at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm64e0825a1.htm?s_cid=mm64e0825a1_x. Aug 31, 2015 | Christina Baum |
Outbreak Communications GuideThe National Public Health Information Coalition has released the Outbreak Communications Guide to help public health communicators effectively manage communications during an outbreak. View the guide for suggestions and resources to guide communications before, during, and after an outbreak. Aug 25, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
NACCHO Executive Director Declares It’s Time for a Counterattack on Antibiotic-Resistance BacteriaIn his op-ed in The Hill, NACCHO’s Executive Director Dr. Hasbrouck urges swifter action in fighting antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, known as “superbugs,” cause an estimated 2 million illnesses and claim 23,000 lives each year in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a plan to fight these superbugs on August 4, […] Aug 24, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu |
NARMS Now: Human DataThe CDC has introduced a new tool that uses data from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) and allows users to display information filtered by bacterial serotype, antibiotic, year, and state. This tool makes it easier to see how resistance has changed over time and by region and the results can be displayed as […] Aug 20, 2015 | Christina Baum |
Addressing the Public Health Threat of Climate ChangeAugust 3rd was an historic day for the health of the United States as the White House announced the Clean Power Plan to tackle the effects of climate change. The Clean Power Plan establishes the first-ever national standards to limit carbon pollution from power plants. Climate change is transforming the landscape of public health by altering the […] Aug 19, 2015 | Lisa Brown |
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