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The Essential Elements of Local Public Health

The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.

  • Vector Control

New Infographic Highlights How to Sustain Improvements Made in Local Vector Control

Learn what it takes for local programs and policymakers to sustain recent improvements made in vector control.

Jul 01, 2022 | Anu Varma

  • Food Safety & Inspection

CSTE Request for Proposals: CIFOR Strategic and Organizational Planning Consultant

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) is seeking proposals from consultants/organizations to guide...

Jul 01, 2022

  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Health & Disability

Preparing People with Disabilities for Climate Change: How They Intersect and How Local Health Departments Can Help

Learn why having the voices of people with disabilities directly at the table and in the conversation will help to...

Jun 23, 2022 | Guest Author

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Emergency Response

Funding Opportunity: WASH-Related Emergencies Among People Experiencing Homelessness

Applications deadline extended to July 11, 2022.

Jun 06, 2022 | Muneera Hassan

Food Safety
  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Food Safety & Inspection

Recap: Learning from Local Public Health – A Series of Sharing Sessions in Retail Food Safety

If you missed either of the sharing sessions held on 5/26 or 6/2, you can now access the webinar materials.

Jun 06, 2022 | Anu Varma

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  • Extreme Weather
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Apply Now: EPA's Let's Talk About Heat Challenge

Join the Let's Talk About Heat Challenge, launched by the EPA and co-sponsored by partners including NACCHO, to...

Jun 06, 2022 | Anu Varma

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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Recommendations

Collaboration During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Tempe, Arizona - Trust is key.

When the COVID-19 virus was first detected in Tempe, Arizona, their local government was prepared to track and respond...

Jun 02, 2022 | Angana Roy

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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources

Resource Roundup on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation, and Filtration (the COVID-19 Edition)

A quick-hit summary of useful resources on indoor air quality and COVID-19 highlighted from NACCHO's free resource...

Jun 02, 2022 | Angana Roy

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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources

New Interactive School Ventilation Tool to Help Reduce Virus Particles, Including COVID-19, in Classrooms

CDC’s Interactive School Ventilation Tool is available for schools to estimate how they can reduce virus particles in...

Jun 01, 2022 | Anu Varma

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  • Health & Disability
  • Policy

Reflections on Disability Policy Seminar 2022: A fellow’s perspective

The 2021-2022 NACCHO Health & Disability fellows had the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. to attend the...

Jun 01, 2022 | Guest Author

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  • Webinar
  • Infectious Disease
  • Community Health
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

This year’s theme for World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5 is focused on recognizing...

May 04, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson

World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) researchers are working to...

Sep 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Water Quality

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

On August 12, 2021, NACCHO and AAAS’s EPI Center hosted a webinar on PFAS...

Aug 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the...

Applications for the program are now open from September 9 through November 15,...

Aug 03, 2021 | Guest Author

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Accreditation & Quality Improvement
  • Opportunity
  • Performance Improvement

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

NACCHO is pleased to announced the release of three Request for Proposals to...

Feb 17, 2021 | Andrea Grenadier

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

Ci Climate Change
  • Climate Change
  • Health Equity & Social Justice
  • Policy

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

NACCHO joins leading public health organizations in signing a declaration...

Jan 27, 2021 | Anu Varma

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

Water Fountain
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Water Quality

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

Purdue is partnering with NACCHO to offer this online course at a discount for...

Dec 04, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

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  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NACCHO and CFP Seeks New Recruits for the 2020-2022 Food...

NACCHO and CFP are seeking 10-15 state, local, tribal, and territorial health...

Oct 13, 2020 | Anu Varma

NACCHO and CFP Seeks New Recruits for the 2020-2022 Food...

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  • Press Release
  • Climate Change
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize...

NACCHO partners with Children’s Environmental Health Network for CEH Day 2020.

Sep 28, 2020 | Guest Author

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize...

Wildfire
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Protecting Lung Health During Wildfires

The American Lung Association has developed a new fact sheet in Spanish to...

Jul 15, 2020

Protecting Lung Health During Wildfires

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Parks

Greener Parks for Health

National Recreation and Park Association releases new Greener Parks for Health...

Jul 13, 2020

Greener Parks for Health

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  • Tools & Resources

CDC Report: Temporary Reassignment of Personnel Requests...

CDC recently updated its flexibilities guidance for recipients and applicants...

Jul 09, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

CDC Report: Temporary Reassignment of Personnel Requests...

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