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Apr 10, 2024 | Shannon Duffy
Yesterday, amfAR and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law hosted a briefing at Georgetown Law in connection with...
Jul 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
A recent article from Route Fifty reports on a study from The Lancet Planetary Health linking air pollution from cars and trucks to...
Jul 10, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO This entry is the second in a series of “NACCHO Annual preview” blog...
Jul 05, 2018 | NacchoVoice
On June 28, NACCHO hosted a webinar on conducting social network analyses–what they look like and how they can be applied....
Jun 28, 2018 | Christina Baum
Local health departments (LHDs) are on the front lines of defense against a myriad of threats to their communities. One of the most...
Jun 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Late-breaking sessions were designed to cover important, emerging topics at the forefront of the public health landscape. The first...
Jun 11, 2018
The summer months present a unique set of environmental health challenges for practitioners to consider. Climbing temperatures awaken...
May 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University has released Full of Life: The Stories of People...
May 21, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Yesterday, amfAR and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law hosted a briefing at Georgetown Law in connection with the release of four new amfAR reports, “Long-Acting HIV Treatment and Prevention Are Coming: Preparing for Potential Game Changers.” The reports highlight the education and policy dialogues needed to prepare for innovative long-acting products […]
A recent article from Route Fifty reports on a study from The Lancet Planetary Health linking air pollution from cars and trucks to diabetes. According to the study, air pollution was responsible for 14% of diabetes cases globally in 2016. Read the article.
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist, NACCHO This entry is the second in a series of “NACCHO Annual preview” blog posts, which feature interviews with presenters ahead of NACCHO Annual 2018. Alison Hare, MIA, Community Resilience Officer and Jennifer Kiger, MPH, Chief of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response at Harris County Public […]
On June 28, NACCHO hosted a webinar on conducting social network analyses–what they look like and how they can be applied. Webinar participants were also led through an explanation and live demonstration of a recently developed toolkit from the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, A Novice’s Guide: Social Network Analysis Using R Statnet, which […]
Local health departments (LHDs) are on the front lines of defense against a myriad of threats to their communities. One of the most pervasive and all-encompassing threats LHDs currently face is climate change. Climate change jeopardizes public health in many ways: Extreme heat (i.e., more frequent, more intense, and longer lasting heat) heightens the risk […]
Late-breaking sessions were designed to cover important, emerging topics at the forefront of the public health landscape. The first session covered radiation risk. As the country enters a new phase of social and political threats, the need to build the capability to rise to larger, more complex events, such as radiological or nuclear events, heightens. […]
The summer months present a unique set of environmental health challenges for practitioners to consider. Climbing temperatures awaken a host of public health vectors (animals and insects that can transmit diseases to humans). Public pools reopen, with children flocking to splash around in—and, most likely, swallow—water that local health departments must ensure is adequately chlorinated. […]
The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University has released Full of Life: The Stories of People Affected by Hepatitis C. This new report from the Institute’s Hepatitis Policy Project tells the compelling stories of several men and women who are facing hepatitis C and reveals the need to do more to eliminate its […]
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