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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.

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  • COVID-19
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Hepatitis Awareness Month

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, an opportunity to raise awareness about and recognize the impact of viral hepatitis...

May 03, 2021 | Shalesha Majors

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  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health
  • Opportunity

Ensuring Safe Early Childcare Facilities: Local Health Departments Invited to Join State "Choose Safe Places" Small Group Calls

NACCHO invites interested LHDs to join the upcoming Choose Safe Places (CSP) grantee small group calls to learn more...

Apr 29, 2021 | Adelaide Appiah

One Year Later COVID Pr EP Impact
  • COVID-19
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

One Year Later: COVID-19’s Impact on PrEP/PEP and Sexual Health Services

NCSD, in collaboration with NASTAD, examines the impact COVID-19 has had on PrEP/PEP and sexual health services,...

Apr 29, 2021 | Julia Zigman

HOPWA
  • Funding Opportunity
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

HUD Announces $41 Million HOPWA Funding Opportunity: Housing as an Intervention to Fight AIDS

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is making $41 million available to states, local governments, and...

Apr 29, 2021

Webinar
  • Webinar
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis
  • Opioid Overdose Epidemic

Using M&E to Better Serve Your Community: A Four-Part Webinar Series for Health Departments and SSPs

This four-part webinar series explores how syringe services programs (SSPs) can use monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to...

Apr 28, 2021 | Kat Kelley

Coronavirus COVID 19
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar

Environmental Health & COVID-19 Resource Roundup (April 28): New Resources and Upcoming Webinars

NACCHO has been releasing bi-weekly blogs consisting of an up-to-date collection of novel coronavirus disease...

Apr 28, 2021 | Anu Varma

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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Extreme Weather

NACCHO Releases New COVID-19 Resource Library for Environmental Health Professionals

NACCHO has compiled evergreen resources from their federal, state, and local partners, as well as from non-governmental...

Apr 28, 2021 | Emily D'Angelo

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  • Immunization

National Infant Immunization Week 2021

We are currently in the middle of National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), held from April 24 – May 1. This year,...

Apr 27, 2021 | Amy Frandsen

Covid
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources

Guidance for Operating Youth and Summer Camps During COVID-19

The CDC has released guidance intended for all types of youth day camps with additional guidance provided for overnight...

Apr 26, 2021 | Beth Hess

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Opioid Overdose Epidemic

NACCHO Launches New Webpage: Health Equity in the Response to Drug Overdose

NACCHO's new webpage offers resources amplifying health equity in overdose response

Apr 26, 2021 | Andrea Grenadier

Partner Articles

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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...

Ci Climate Change
  • 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...

Wildfire
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Protecting Lung Health During Wildfires

The American Lung Association has developed a new fact sheet in Spanish to...

Jul 15, 2020

Protecting Lung Health During Wildfires

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Parks

Greener Parks for Health

National Recreation and Park Association releases new Greener Parks for Health...

Jul 13, 2020

Greener Parks for Health

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  • Tools & Resources

CDC Report: Temporary Reassignment of Personnel Requests...

CDC recently updated its flexibilities guidance for recipients and applicants...

Jul 09, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

CDC Report: Temporary Reassignment of Personnel Requests...

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Scholarships Available: SYNChronicity 2020 Conference –...

SYNC 2020, the National Conference for HIV, HCV, STI and LGBTQ Health, is...

Jul 08, 2020 | Julia Zigman

Scholarships Available: SYNChronicity 2020 Conference –...

  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Apply Now: DIS Scholarships for STD Engage 2020...

NCSD and NACCHO are pleased to offer several full scholarships for DIS to...

Jun 24, 2020 | Julia Zigman

Apply Now: DIS Scholarships for STD Engage 2020...

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