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May 18th marked HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD), a health observance recognizing the researchers, health professionals, activists,...
May 20, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Each year organizations across the globe recognize March 24 as World TB Day to commemorate the discovery of the bacterium that causes...
Apr 09, 2019 | Erin Laird
Observed each April, STD Awareness Month serves to raise awareness about what sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs)...
Apr 03, 2019 | Rebekah Horowitz
The theme for this year’s World Water Day, recognized annually on March 22, is “Leaving no one behind.” Billions of people around the...
Mar 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
World TB Day on Sunday, March 24, commemorates the discovery of the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium and aims to raise awareness about the...
Mar 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
In honor of National Native HIV Awareness Day (March 20), the National Indian Health Service (IHS) HIV Program has announced a...
Feb 28, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Antimicrobial drugs like antibiotics transformed medical care, rendering once life-threatening infections easily treatable and...
Dec 05, 2018 | Erin Laird
U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) kicks off on Monday, November 12! As you prepare for the week, we encourage you to check out...
Nov 06, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Ana Rappold, Mary Clare Hano, Steven Prince and Ann Brown, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Hospitals, clinics, and...
Oct 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
May 18th marked HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD), a health observance recognizing the researchers, health professionals, activists, and volunteers involved in advancing HIV vaccine research. See the resources below that have been developed in honor of HVAD 2019: Blogs HIV.gov: HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 2019, by Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and […]
Each year organizations across the globe recognize March 24 as World TB Day to commemorate the discovery of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), raise awareness about the impacts of TB, and highlight opportunities to combat this disease. This year’s theme, “It’s Time,” urged leaders worldwide to commit to taking action to address TB. NACCHO […]
Observed each April, STD Awareness Month serves to raise awareness about what sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs) are, how they impact our lives, and why it’s important to prevent, test for, and treat them. As such, NACCHO leverages this observance annually to bring attention to STDs/STIs and mobilize health departments to strengthen their prevention, testing, and treatment...
The theme for this year’s World Water Day, recognized annually on March 22, is “Leaving no one behind.” Billions of people around the world already live without access to safe water, and in emergencies, those numbers increase exponentially. Across the United States, aging water infrastructure, severe weather, and accidents cause an estimated 240,000 water main […]
World TB Day on Sunday, March 24, commemorates the discovery of the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium and aims to raise awareness about the global impact of TB. This year’s theme, “It’s time,” urges global leaders to take action to address TB and advance towards TB elimination. Local health departments are key stakeholders in the prevention and […]
In honor of National Native HIV Awareness Day (March 20), the National Indian Health Service (IHS) HIV Program has announced a three-part series of HIV Prevention Webinars focused on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). With 40,000 new HIV diagnoses annually in the United States, an unmet need exists for HIV prevention. Healthcare providers can take action by offering […]
Antimicrobial drugs like antibiotics transformed medical care, rendering once life-threatening infections easily treatable and reducing the risk of infection associated with surgery and chemotherapy. Advances in agriculture soon followed as farmers began using antimicrobial drugs to treat and prevent infections in their flocks and herds. However, overuse of these important drugs in both human and...
U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) kicks off on Monday, November 12! As you prepare for the week, we encourage you to check out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Be Antibiotics Aware partner toolkit, which contains key messages, social media content, graphics, and more. Additionally, below are specific CDC USAAW activities, along with data and resources […]
By Ana Rappold, Mary Clare Hano, Steven Prince and Ann Brown, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Hospitals, clinics, and public health organizations in wildfire-prone areas of the West and Southwest are seeing firsthand the impacts of wildfire season on public health. As these fires become larger, more frequent, and more intense—leaving smoke-filled skies for days, […]
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