The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
In October 2018, NACCHO’s Board of Directors approved a new policy statement on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in...
Nov 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
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
The National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released “Strategies to Increase Access to Hepatitis C (HCV)...
Oct 05, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on Wednesday, September 12 to...
Sep 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Karin Valentine Goins, MPH, Program Director, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical...
Sep 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released two new fact sheets: Medicaid 1115 Waivers:...
Sep 05, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Through the Southern HIV Impact Fund, AIDS United will award urgent action grants of up to $25,000 to organizations that challenge and...
Aug 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Democracy Collaborative released a new report called Community Control of Land and Housing. Here is a summary of the report from...
Aug 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is assisting the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the Centers...
Aug 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
In October 2018, NACCHO’s Board of Directors approved a new policy statement on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in response to concerns from local health departments. CAFOs are animal feeding operations with more than 1,000 animal units (e.g., 1,000 head of beef cattle, 700 dairy cows, 2,500 swine >55 lbs., 125,000 broiler chickens, or 82,000 […]
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, […]
The National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released “Strategies to Increase Access to Hepatitis C (HCV) Treatment within ADAPs: Provider Decision Tree,” an interactive and web-based resource to support AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) in communicating their role in securing access to HCV treatment to providers. Produced as part of NASTAD’s cooperative […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on Wednesday, September 12 to coordinate 24/7 all CDC activities for public health needs before, during, and after Hurricane Florence, including the deployment of resources and personnel, as requested. CDC staff expects to offer specific assistance that includes recommendations for: General and...
By Karin Valentine Goins, MPH, Program Director, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series covering the Capabilities for Public Health Agency Involvement in Land Use and Transportation Decision Making to Increase Active Transportation Opportunity from the UMass Worcester Prevention...
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released two new fact sheets: Medicaid 1115 Waivers: Considerations for HIV and Hepatitis Programs and Medicaid 1115 Waivers: Exemptions for People Living with HIV and Hepatitis, as well as an updated version of our Medicaid Waiver Map. These resources were created as part of a […]
Through the Southern HIV Impact Fund, AIDS United will award urgent action grants of up to $25,000 to organizations that challenge and strengthen the socio-political landscape of the U.S. South. The Southern HIV Impact Fund focuses on the needs of individuals and communities affected by HIV in three primary areas: prevention; care and support; and […]
The Democracy Collaborative released a new report called Community Control of Land and Housing. Here is a summary of the report from the Democracy Collaborative: A historical legacy of displacement and exclusion, firmly rooted in racism and discriminatory public policy, has fundamentally restricted access to land and housing and shaped ownership dynamics, particularly for people […]
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is assisting the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in planning a series of PulseNet/OutbreakNet Regional Meetings...
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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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