The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health has announced awards to establish four...
May 20, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Prevention and care divisions within health departments sometimes function in silos, contributing to reporting burdens and duplicative...
May 10, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced the launch of a new Training and Technical Assistance Hub. The...
During this year’s State of the Union Address, the Administration announced a bold new initiative “Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for...
The goal of the CDC’s Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC)...
Mar 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
In a recent Dear Colleague letter, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discusses STD Awareness Month as an...
Mar 19, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Vital Signs on HIV transmission in the United States at each stage...
Since August 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has seen an increased number of people across the United...
Oct 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Read about how environmental health programs in Florida improved their delivery of the 10 Essential Environmental Public Health...
Apr 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health has announced awards to establish four Cooperative Research Centers (CRCs) focused on developing vaccines to prevent sexually transmitted infections. The grants, totaling $41.6 million over five years, will support collaborative, multidisciplinary research on the bacteria that cause syphilis, gonorrhea...
Prevention and care divisions within health departments sometimes function in silos, contributing to reporting burdens and duplicative efforts among staff. Many health departments are moving toward a more integrated structure for their HIV prevention and care departments as a way to better leverage resources and improve efficiency and coordination of HIV prevention and care service […]
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced the launch of a new Training and Technical Assistance Hub. The Hub is an easy way to find technical assistance centers associated with many of HRSA’s programs, including the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, and information for providers and training/education programs. Users can find resources quickly using […]
During this year’s State of the Union Address, the Administration announced a bold new initiative “Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America.” If funds are appropriated by Congress, this is a ten year initiative beginning in fiscal year (FY) 2020 to achieve the important goal of reducing new HIV infections to less than 3,000 […]
The goal of the CDC’s Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) program is to reduce illness and related deaths caused by a wide range of infectious disease threats. The ELC Program provides annual funding, strategic direction and technical assistance to domestic jurisdictions for core capacities in epidemiology, laboratory,...
In a recent Dear Colleague letter, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discusses STD Awareness Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about what STDs are; how they impact our lives; and why prevention, testing, and treatment are so important. But, STD Awareness Month is about more than awareness: it’s also about action. To help […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Vital Signs on HIV transmission in the United States at each stage of HIV care. The results provide powerful evidence that increasing the number of people with HIV who are in care and virally suppressed is key to eliminating new HIV infections in our […]
Since August 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has seen an increased number of people across the United States with Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). AFM is a rare condition affecting a person’s nervous system, specifically the spinal cord, causing weakness in one or more limbs. AFM or neurologic conditions like it have […]
Read about how environmental health programs in Florida improved their delivery of the 10 Essential Environmental Public Health Services (EEPHS) and how this contributed to better overall health outcomes in their communities. The study used a unique approach to examine Florida county health department environmental health (EH) program performance of the EEPHS and its relationship with […]
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