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Interview by Lindsay Tiffany, Lead of Publications, NACCHO On June 30, Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Harris County...
Aug 02, 2018 | NacchoVoice
By Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO On July 10–12, over 1,200 local public health professionals convened in New...
Jul 18, 2018 | NacchoVoice
The second plenary session convened leaders from the U.S. government to discuss their visions for a more resilient nation. Dr. Umair...
Jun 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
On April 26, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) hosted more than one-hundred representatives from...
May 30, 2018
In a scene all too frequent in our schools, ten people were killed last Friday in a mass shooting at Santa Fe High School in...
May 22, 2018
The 2018 Preparedness Summit took place last month at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Ga. As the first and longest running national...
May 16, 2018
By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston, Texas May is Mental...
May 11, 2018 | NacchoVoice
By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston, Texas April 2–8 is...
Mar 30, 2018 | NacchoVoice
By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston, Texas Local health...
Mar 09, 2018 | NacchoVoice
Interview by Lindsay Tiffany, Lead of Publications, NACCHO On June 30, Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Harris County Public Health (HCPH) in Houston, concluded his term as NACCHO President. Dr. Shah is a long-standing and enthusiastic member of NACCHO and has served on a variety of different NACCHO-related groups including the Health […]
By Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO On July 10–12, over 1,200 local public health professionals convened in New Orleans for the 2018 NACCHO Annual Conference. Throughout the conference, attendees learned from leading experts in the field, gained new insights in dozens of sharing sessions, and addressed the challenges affecting the work of local health departments […]
The second plenary session convened leaders from the U.S. government to discuss their visions for a more resilient nation. Dr. Umair Shah, executive director of Harris County Public Health, moderated the session. Shah kicked off the session with this observation, “There is one certainty. [Extraordinary] events will occur and we need to be ready when […]
On April 26, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) hosted more than one-hundred representatives from local health agencies at a reception in Atlanta, Ga. in celebration of achieving Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) recognition. A total of 28 health agencies were honored for their readiness to face public health emergencies of […]
In a scene all too frequent in our schools, ten people were killed last Friday in a mass shooting at Santa Fe High School in southeastern Texas. From a young man who had just turned 17 and was preparing to celebrate with friends to a Pakistani exchange student working to build bridges between her host […]
The 2018 Preparedness Summit took place last month at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Ga. As the first and longest running national conference on public health preparedness, it drew a wide variety of professionals and experts with a stake in the field—local and state public health department staff; federal agency staff including the U.S. Department […]
By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston, Texas May is Mental Health Month, a time for local health department (LHD) leaders and staff to bring awareness to mental health issues and help reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. Led by Mental Health America […]
By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston, Texas April 2–8 is National Public Health Week (NPHW), a time to recognize the key contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving our nation’s health. The celebration, organized by the American Public […]
By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston, Texas Local health departments (LHDs) have been on the front lines of responding to the Zika virus since its emergence as a public health threat in the United States (U.S.) more than two years ago. The virus, […]
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