The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Essential hospitals, sometimes referred to as “safety net hospitals,” play a vital role in improving access to quality healthcare in...
Aug 15, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the final report for the One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization...
May 10, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Apr 25, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new resources on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and...
Mar 27, 2019 | Erin Laird
On December 11, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with the United Kingdom Science and Innovation...
Dec 11, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Antimicrobial drugs like antibiotics transformed medical care, rendering once life-threatening infections easily treatable and...
Dec 05, 2018 | Erin Laird
A new study published in the Journal of Food Protection by researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture found similar levels of...
Nov 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the AMR...
Sep 26, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. government’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Challenge is a yearlong effort to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial...
Sep 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Essential hospitals, sometimes referred to as “safety net hospitals,” play a vital role in improving access to quality healthcare in communities across the United States. Combating antimicrobial resistance, through implementing antimicrobial stewardship practices, is an important component of protecting patient safety which can save time, money, and lives. As conveners and chief health...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the final report for the One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization Workshop for the United States. Workshop participants from several federal agencies identified and voted on a list of priority zoonotic diseases to be jointly addressed by human, animal, and environmental health sectors in relevant U.S. federal […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new resources on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AR). See below for more information. Free Infection Preventionist Training for Nursing Home Staff: The CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion released of the Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course, a comprehensive,...
On December 11, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with the United Kingdom Science and Innovation Network and the Wellcome Trust, released Initiatives for Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment. The corresponding reports—an Executive Summary and a technical white paper—highlight data identifying the potential for the environment (e.g., soil and...
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...
A new study published in the Journal of Food Protection by researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture found similar levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in ground beef raised with and without antibiotics. According to the authors of the study, their findings suggest that antimicrobial use in U.S. cattle production has “minimal to no impact on AMR […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the AMR Challenge, a year-long initiative to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with action across governments, industries, and civil society. The AMR Challenge takes a one health approach to encourage global leaders to make formal […]
The U.S. government’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Challenge is a yearlong effort to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial resistance across the globe. The AMR Challenge is a way for governments, private industries, and non-governmental organizations worldwide to make formal commitments that further the progress against antimicrobial resistance. The challenge encourages a One Health...
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