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A new paper from CDC and the University of Utah published in Clinical Infectious Diseases estimates that the national healthcare costs...
Mar 05, 2021 | Christina Baum
NACCHO has announced that Dr. Dawn Terashita, MD, MPH, FACPM, Associate Director for the Acute Communicable Disease Control Program...
Mar 03, 2021 | Kimberly Nalley
CORHA has released a new resource, two draft chapters from the High-Level Guidance for Outbreaks of Healthcare-Associated Infections...
Jan 25, 2021 | Christina Baum
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and antibiotic resistance (AR) request for applications deadline extended to January 6, 2021
Dec 21, 2020 | Christina Baum
Application deadline December 4, 2020.
Nov 05, 2020 | Christina Baum
NACCHO’s Infectious Diseases Team is featured in the November/December 2020 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and...
Sep 30, 2020 | Christina Baum
The Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections & Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens recently developed COVID-19...
Aug 03, 2020 | Erin Laird
CDC recently began reporting data on carbapenemase genes detected through nationwide testing in CDC’s AR Lab Network.
Jun 24, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO, with support from CDC's Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion, is pleased to provide funding for the Building Local...
Jun 03, 2020 | Christina Baum
A new paper from CDC and the University of Utah published in Clinical Infectious Diseases estimates that the national healthcare costs associated with infections caused by six antibiotic-resistant pathogens cost more than $4.6 billion each year.
NACCHO has announced that Dr. Dawn Terashita, MD, MPH, FACPM, Associate Director for the Acute Communicable Disease Control Program within the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) has been selected as a NACCHO Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Champion. NACCHO's new IPC Champion recognition highlights the IPC achievements of local health departments and honors the staff...
CORHA has released a new resource, two draft chapters from the High-Level Guidance for Outbreaks of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens.
NACCHO’s Infectious Diseases Team is featured in the November/December 2020 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.
The Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections & Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens recently developed COVID-19 outbreak definitions for acute care settings and long-term care facilities.
NACCHO, with support from CDC's Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion, is pleased to provide funding for the Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19 (BLOC COVID-19) demonstration site project to strengthen local infection prevention and control (IPC) capacity.
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Registration is now open for NACCHO’s in-person Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) 2.0 training series.
Mar 23, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
Join your fellow public health professionals for a Town Hall-style Focus Group at the 2024 Preparedness Summit to explore what can be...
Mar 08, 2024
NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, is thrilled to launch the new guide: Integrating Brain Health into Health...
Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma
Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November 2nd at 2:00 PM ET to learn more about the newly FDA...
Oct 16, 2023
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