The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Observed each April, STD Awareness Month serves to raise awareness about what sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs)...
Apr 03, 2019 | Rebekah Horowitz
PrEP is a medication that can be used to help prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Research has shown that when taken...
Mar 26, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) announced a new funding opportunity to help communities build local capacity and...
Feb 21, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Note: This is the sixth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a...
Jan 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), in collaboration with the National Association of County and City Health Officials...
Jan 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The O’Neill Institute’s Ryan White Policy Project considers issues related to sustaining and adapting the Ryan White HIV/AIDS...
Jan 22, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Yesterday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through a partnership with the CDC Foundation and Oxford University...
Dec 14, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
World AIDS Day, observed annually on December 1, provides the opportunity to highlight our accomplishments, remember those who have...
Nov 29, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
In advance of World AIDS Day on December 1st, the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law has released two new reports on...
Nov 28, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
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...
PrEP is a medication that can be used to help prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Research has shown that when taken consistently, daily PrEP can reduce the risk of HIV infection by up to 90%. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that PrEP be offered to individuals who are at […]
The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) announced a new funding opportunity to help communities build local capacity and advance evidence-based lead poisoning prevention efforts: 2019 Lead Poisoning Prevention Grants: Equipping Communities for Action through the National Lead Poisoning Prevention Network. NCHH invites communities to apply for a bundled award of coaching and support over...
Note: This is the sixth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a question here. January 2019 Dear Greener Guidance, What exactly are PFAS, and what should we be doing as a local health department to keep our community safe from any health risks associated with PFAS? – PFAS Patrol Dear […]
The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), in collaboration with the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), offered a new funding opportunity in fall 2018 to local governmental agencies housing their jurisdiction’s childhood lead prevention...
The O’Neill Institute’s Ryan White Policy Project considers issues related to sustaining and adapting the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (Ryan White) within a changing health care environment. As part of this project, the O’Neill Institute recently released two new fact sheets: Quick Take: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program in the United States Released in January 2019, […]
Yesterday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through a partnership with the CDC Foundation and Oxford University Press published The CDC Field Epidemiology Manual. The manual serves as a definitive guide to investigating acute public health events on the ground and in real-time. Assembled and written by experts from CDC as well as […]
World AIDS Day, observed annually on December 1, provides the opportunity to highlight our accomplishments, remember those who have lost their lives to HIV and AIDS, and refocus our efforts on what still needs to be done to end the epidemic. Local health departments are in the forefront of these efforts, working on initiatives to […]
In advance of World AIDS Day on December 1st, the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law has released two new reports on emerging HIV issues in the United States, including policy ideas for states and local communities and for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. Big Ideas: Leveraging the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to […]
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NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
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