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Public health in the United States and globally has been in an unprecedented spotlight in 2020. Now, more than ever, the public’s...
Nov 23, 2020
The 2021 Innovative Practice Award will focus on practices that were developed in response to COVID-19 and demonstrate effective...
Nov 02, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez
Today, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the nation’s nearly 3,000 local...
Jul 06, 2020 | Theresa Spinner
The application period for NACCHO’s 2020 Local Health Department of the Year, the Maurice “Mo” Mullet Lifetime of...
Apr 10, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez
Today marks the beginning of National Public Health Week 2020. Recognition of our county and city health departments and the public...
Apr 06, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) announces its Call for Nominations for the position of Vice...
Mar 10, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez
Mar 04, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
News release from Nashville Metropolitan Public Health Department NASHVILLE, Tenn., February 24, 2020 –Members of the...
Mar 03, 2020 | Guest Author
Melissa C. Lyon, MPH, leads Pennsylvania’s Erie County Department of Health as Public Health Director. While earning her Master’s in...
Jan 09, 2020 | George Roberts
Public health in the United States and globally has been in an unprecedented spotlight in 2020. Now, more than ever, the public’s health—and the role of our local health departments—is critical to the overall functioning of all facets of American life.
The 2021 Innovative Practice Award will focus on practices that were developed in response to COVID-19 and demonstrate effective community partnerships and collaboration, adaptability and quality improvement, and remarkable innovation.
Today, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the nation’s nearly 3,000 local governmental health departments, named its 2020 Model Practice Award Winners, an annual recognition of programs demonstrating exemplary and replicable qualities in response to a critical local public health needs.
The application period for NACCHO’s 2020 Local Health Department of the Year, the Maurice “Mo” Mullet Lifetime of Service, and the National Advocate of the Year awards is now open. Winners will be honored at the NACCHO 360 Conference, scheduled for July 7–9 in Denver. Below is are brief descriptions of each award. 2020 […]
Today marks the beginning of National Public Health Week 2020. Recognition of our county and city health departments and the public health professionals who serve in those departments across the country is no more important than it is today especially at this crucial juncture in our fight against COVID-19.
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) announces its Call for Nominations for the position of Vice President. Every year, NACCHO holds elections for positions on its Board of Directors; for the year 2020-2021, the open position is Vice President. The Vice President will serve a four-year term beginning as Vice-President, then President-elect, […]
News release from Nashville Metropolitan Public Health Department NASHVILLE, Tenn., February 24, 2020 –Members of the Metropolitan Board of Health of Nashville/Davidson County voted at a specially called meeting last Thursday to approve a contract with Michael C. Caldwell MD MPH as Nashville’s Director of Health. Dr. Caldwell is a Nashville resident, licensed to practice […]
Melissa C. Lyon, MPH, leads Pennsylvania’s Erie County Department of Health as Public Health Director. While earning her Master’s in Public Health, Ms. Lyon worked as a site manager for Great Lakes Medical Research, a clinical research site located in Westfield, NY.
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