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Roundtable Report: Local Health Department Roles and Activities to Improve Infection...
During the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) annual meeting, NACCHO hosted a roundtable session titled, “Local...
Jul 18, 2016 | Christina Baum
Antibiotic Resistance Threatens Gonorrhea Treatment
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a media statement indicating that resistance to azithromycin, an...
Jul 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Releases Zika Guidance for Schools
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released Zika Virus Response Planning: Interim Guidance for District and...
Jul 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Job Opportunity: Executive Director at NCSD
After nearly seven years of leading the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD), William (Bill) Smith will be stepping down from...
Jul 14, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
New Infographic: Kitchen Manager Certifications Improve Food Safety
The CDC released a new infographic emphasizing the importance of obtaining kitchen manager certifications for restaurant staff. This...
Jul 13, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New Resources Posted: Conference For Food Protection Website
Following this April’s successful Biennial Conference, a number of documents developed during or as a result of the meeting are now...
Jul 12, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Deadline Extended: Register to Exhibit at the 2016 National Ryan White Conference
The deadline to register as an exhibitor at the 2016 National Ryan White Conference (NRWC) on HIV Care and Treatment has been extended...
Jul 11, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Toolkit: PrEP Education for Youth-Serving Primary Care Providers
The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) released the PrEP Education for Youth-Serving Primary...
Jul 11, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
The Health Impact Assessment: Building Environmental Health Capacity
By Sandra Whitehead, PhD, Director of Program and Partnership Development, National Environmental Health Association More and more,...
Jul 08, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Roundtable Report: Local Health Department Roles and Activities to Improve Infection Control, Preparedness and Response to Infectious Disease ThreatsDuring the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) annual meeting, NACCHO hosted a roundtable session titled, “Local Health Department Roles and Activities to Improve Infection Control, Preparedness and Response to Infectious Disease Threats.” The roundtable featured local health departments’ (LHDs’) experiences and lessons learned through the LINC Initiative and NACCHO’s... Jul 18, 2016 | Christina Baum |
Antibiotic Resistance Threatens Gonorrhea TreatmentThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a media statement indicating that resistance to azithromycin, an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea, is emerging, according to CDC findings published in a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Read the media statement and MMWR to learn more. Jul 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Releases Zika Guidance for SchoolsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released Zika Virus Response Planning: Interim Guidance for District and School Administrators in the Continental United States and Hawaii, an interim guidance document outlining public health actions pertaining to Zika virus infection for kindergarten through grade 12 (K–12) district and school administrators. The guidance is intended to... Jul 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Job Opportunity: Executive Director at NCSDAfter nearly seven years of leading the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD), William (Bill) Smith will be stepping down from his position as Executive Director in September to become the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Santa Fe Community Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico. During his tenure, NCSD has tripled in size […] Jul 14, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
New Infographic: Kitchen Manager Certifications Improve Food SafetyThe CDC released a new infographic emphasizing the importance of obtaining kitchen manager certifications for restaurant staff. This resource illustrates how raising awareness of restaurant management about environmental factors putting their establishment at risk, can substantially reduce foodborne illness outbreaks. The infographic also highlights research showing that restaurants with mangers... Jul 13, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New Resources Posted: Conference For Food Protection WebsiteFollowing this April’s successful Biennial Conference, a number of documents developed during or as a result of the meeting are now available on the Conference for Food Protection (CFP) website. All of the below documents represent a great deal of work performed by CFP Council Committees, and were reviewed and accepted by the CFP Councils […] Jul 12, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Deadline Extended: Register to Exhibit at the 2016 National Ryan White ConferenceThe deadline to register as an exhibitor at the 2016 National Ryan White Conference (NRWC) on HIV Care and Treatment has been extended to July 15. This year’s conference, themed Forward Momentum: Accelerating Access. Optimizing Care. Transforming Public Health., takes place August 23-26 at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, DC. The registration deadline to attend as a […] Jul 11, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Toolkit: PrEP Education for Youth-Serving Primary Care ProvidersThe Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) released the PrEP Education for Youth-Serving Primary Care Providers Toolkit, a first-of-its-kind resource focused on supporting primary care providers (PCPs) serving youth. The toolkit combines existing resources about PrEP and HIV with new content that will assist primary care providers in educating, counseling, and... Jul 11, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
The Health Impact Assessment: Building Environmental Health CapacityBy Sandra Whitehead, PhD, Director of Program and Partnership Development, National Environmental Health Association More and more, local health departments (LHDs) are being forced to cut their environmental health programs. This pattern is caused by shrinking budgets and further compounded by limited understanding of the value of the environmental health field and the roles of its […] Jul 08, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
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