The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The environment contributes to human health and well-being through benefits including clean water, clean air, and protection from...
Apr 16, 2020 | Guest Author
Across the United States, rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the rise. Local health departments (LHDs) are on the...
Apr 13, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Local health departments (LHDs) are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. NACCHO is working to support the ever-increasing role...
Mar 24, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing rapidly and continues to affect communities across the United States differently. Some of the...
Mar 24, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is seeking a consultant to develop and launch a legal and policy...
Mar 12, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Guided by a Task Force and with input from more than 1,300 stakeholders, the Public Health National Center for Innovations (PHNCI) and...
Mar 04, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Adriane Casalotti, MPH, MSW, Chief of Government and Public Affairs at NACCHO, is one of two co-chairs of a newly developed National...
Feb 18, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Following the release of new recommendations issued by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the Centers for...
Feb 04, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
As we have done for the last several years, NACCHO provided several full scholarships for local health department disease intervention...
Feb 04, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
The environment contributes to human health and well-being through benefits including clean water, clean air, and protection from natural hazards, also known as ecosystem goods and services. This year, as we celebrate the international 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency also marks 50 years of protecting human health and the environment.
Across the United States, rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the rise. Local health departments (LHDs) are on the frontlines, responding to these epidemics and assuring access to testing and treatment in their communities. Not only are many STIs asymptomatic and undetected, but traditional, urine-based screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea often fail to […]
Local health departments (LHDs) are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. NACCHO is working to support the ever-increasing role of local public health in the COVID-19 response, in part by sharing information between federal, national, state, and local partners. To support local health department HIV, STI, and viral hepatitis programs, NACCHO is updating this […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing rapidly and continues to affect communities across the United States differently. Some of the strategies used to slow the spread of disease in communities include postponing or cancelling non-urgent elective procedures and using telemedicine instead of face-to-face encounters for routine medical visits. Ensuring the delivery of newborn and well-child care,...
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is seeking a consultant to develop and launch a legal and policy data translation and visualization platform deriving from CDC’s Public Health Law Information Portal (PHLIP). CDC PHLP and NACCHO have opened this request for proposals to identify and work with an organization that is […]
Guided by a Task Force and with input from more than 1,300 stakeholders, the Public Health National Center for Innovations (PHNCI) and the de Beaumont Foundation released the proposed 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) framework for public review and comment. Using this survey link, you can submit your comments on as many Essential Services as […]
Adriane Casalotti, MPH, MSW, Chief of Government and Public Affairs at NACCHO, is one of two co-chairs of a newly developed National STI Coalition with the goal of improving the health of those living with and disproportionately impacted by sexually transmitted infections (STI). The coalition was formed with the leadership of NACCHO, the National Coalition of STD Directors and 15 other national...
Following the release of new recommendations issued by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the 2020 child/adolescent and adult immunization schedules. The 2020 adult immunization schedule includes several updates and additions. Adults up to age 26 who are not fully vaccinated should receive catch-up HPV...
As we have done for the last several years, NACCHO provided several full scholarships for local health department disease intervention specialists (DIS) to attend the STD Engage conference and build expertise in STD prevention and control within a broader sexual health approach. Held November 19-22, 2019, STD Engage 2019: Innovate. Impact. Empower brought together DIS, clinic and program staff,...
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