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The Essential Elements of Local Public Health

The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.

  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
  • Food Safety & Inspection

Retail Program Standards Blog Series: Standard 9

For the last several months, NACCHO has featured the progress that communities across the country have made in retail...

Jun 07, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Tools & Resources
  • Water Quality

Infographics to Educate the Public on Harmful Algal Blooms

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published new infographics to be used by other federal agencies and in state,...

Jun 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Air Quality
  • Extreme Weather

New EPA Webpages to Help You Protect Your Family from Wildfire Smoke Indoors

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Indoor Environments Division is pleased to announce the availability of two...

Jun 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • National Environmental Public Health Tracking
  • Water Quality

Call for Nominations for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting nominations for the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB), as well as...

Jun 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Tools & Resources
  • Vector Control

Tick Surveillance Tools for Local Health Departments

By Anna Perea, Policy and Communications Lead, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National...

May 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Tools & Resources
  • Vector Control

New Report on U.S. One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the final report for the One Health Zoonotic Disease...

May 10, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

Report: U.S. One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the final report for the One Health Zoonotic Disease...

Apr 25, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

Notice of Funding Availability: Credit Assistance Under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program

In the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, signed by the President on February 15, 2019, Congress provided $60...

Apr 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

Status Report for EPA Actions in Support of the December 2018 Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures and Associated Health Impacts

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Implementation Status Report for EPA Actions under the...

Apr 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

A Critical Connection: The Water and Healthcare/Public Health Sectors

During emergencies, water utilities, healthcare facilities, nursing homes, public health agencies, primacy agencies and...

Mar 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

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MAPP Roadmap
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  • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
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RFP: NACCHO Seeking a Graphic Designer for New MAPP 2.0...

NACCHO is seeking a qualified consultant to provide graphic design for the new...

Nov 07, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

RFP: NACCHO Seeking a Graphic Designer for New MAPP 2.0...

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  • Climate Change
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Join us for a Climate for Health Ambassadors Training at...

We are partnering with Climate for Health and ecoAmerica to offer an...

Jul 11, 2022 | Anu Varma

Join us for a Climate for Health Ambassadors Training at...

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  • COVID-19
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New Resource: BLOC COVID Video Series

This video series was developed from interviews with BLOC COVID funded sites to...

Jul 06, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson, Candice Young

New Resource: BLOC COVID Video Series

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  • Webinar
  • Community Health
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control
  • Infectious Disease

World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

This year’s theme for World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5 is focused on recognizing...

May 04, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson

World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) researchers are working to...

Sep 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Water Quality

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

On August 12, 2021, NACCHO and AAAS’s EPI Center hosted a webinar on PFAS...

Aug 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the...

Applications for the program are now open from September 9 through November 15,...

Aug 03, 2021 | Guest Author

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Accreditation & Quality Improvement
  • Opportunity
  • Performance Improvement

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

NACCHO is pleased to announced the release of three Request for Proposals to...

Feb 17, 2021 | Andrea Grenadier

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

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  • Climate Change
  • Health Equity & Social Justice
  • Policy

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

NACCHO joins leading public health organizations in signing a declaration...

Jan 27, 2021 | Anu Varma

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

Water Fountain
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Water Quality

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

Purdue is partnering with NACCHO to offer this online course at a discount for...

Dec 04, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

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  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NACCHO and CFP Seeks New Recruits for the 2020-2022 Food...

NACCHO and CFP are seeking 10-15 state, local, tribal, and territorial health...

Oct 13, 2020 | Anu Varma

NACCHO and CFP Seeks New Recruits for the 2020-2022 Food...

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  • Press Release
  • Climate Change
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize...

NACCHO partners with Children’s Environmental Health Network for CEH Day 2020.

Sep 28, 2020 | Guest Author

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize...

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