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A World at Risk: Annual Report on Global Preparedness for Health Emergencies

For its first report, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) reviewed recommendations from previous high-level panels and...

Sep 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

  • Climate Change

    Building Public Health Capacity for Climate Action

    The theme for this year’s World Environmental Health Day, celebrated on Sept. 26, calls for unified action among the global...

    Sep 26, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Scholarships Available for Northeast Regional Lead and Healthy Housing Conference

    The Lead and Environmental Health Association (LEHA) is making partial registration scholarships available for the 2019 Northeast...

    Sep 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Health Equity & Social Justice

    Dialogue with Indigent Communities: How the Voice of Public Health Makes an Impact...

    While finishing this blog post, two major earthquakes struck the very area that I am writing about.

    Sep 16, 2019 | Guest Author

  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    Merck Foundation Launches Five-Year Initiative to Reduce Disparities in HIV Care for...

    The Merck Foundation (the Foundation) has launched HIV Care Connect, a $7 million, five-year initiative to help reduce disparities in...

    Sep 12, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

  • Infectious Disease

    Controlling Mumps at Detention Facilities Using MMR Vaccine

    Since September 2018, 898 mumps cases were reported among detainees at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities...

    Aug 29, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    • Emergency Response, Hazards & Health Effects, Policy Statement

    Updated Policy Statement: Local Health Department Preparedness

    Policy statements inform and support NACCHO’s national advocacy for local health department and programmatic work, as well as signal to the media and other stakeholders where we stand on these important topics. The NACCHO Board of Directors approved new and updated policy statements on a range of topics, including the Local Health Department Preparedness policy […]

    Nov 19, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    Leadership, President's Corner, Social Determinants of Health

    Transformational Leader Dr. Rex Archer Shares Important Decisions He’s Made as Director of KCMO and Errors He’s Witnessed from Other Leaders

    Rex D. Archer, MD, MPH serves as the Director of Health for the City of Kansas City (KCHD), MO, and is also a past president of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

    Nov 12, 2019 | George Roberts

    Webinar, Communications & Public Relations

    NPHL Webinar Series Recordings: Crafting Richer Public Health Messages

    Designed for public health practitioners, lawyers, researchers and scientists, government and healthcare officials, and business and community leaders, this three-part webinar series, co-sponsored by the Network for Public Health Law (NPHL) and the Center for Public Health Law Research, explored the interdisciplinary messaging teamwork necessary to fashion legal and policy interventions in these...

    Nov 06, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    Global Health, Research & Reports

    A World at Risk: Annual Report on Global Preparedness for Health Emergencies

    For its first report, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) reviewed recommendations from previous high-level panels and commissions following the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak, along with its own commissioned reports and other data.

    Sep 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    Climate Change

    Building Public Health Capacity for Climate Action

    The theme for this year’s World Environmental Health Day, celebrated on Sept. 26, calls for unified action among the global environmental health community to tackle climate change.

    Sep 26, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Scholarships Available for Northeast Regional Lead and Healthy Housing Conference

    The Lead and Environmental Health Association (LEHA) is making partial registration scholarships available for the 2019 Northeast Regional Lead and Healthy Housing Conference, November 13 – 14 in Philadelphia.

    Sep 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Health Equity & Social Justice

    Dialogue with Indigent Communities: How the Voice of Public Health Makes an Impact that Matters

    While finishing this blog post, two major earthquakes struck the very area that I am writing about.

    Sep 16, 2019 | Guest Author

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    Merck Foundation Launches Five-Year Initiative to Reduce Disparities in HIV Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Southeastern US Communities

    The Merck Foundation (the Foundation) has launched HIV Care Connect, a $7 million, five-year initiative to help reduce disparities in access to care and improve health outcomes for persons with HIV living in vulnerable and underserved Southeastern U.S. communities.

    Sep 12, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    Infectious Disease

    Controlling Mumps at Detention Facilities Using MMR Vaccine

    Since September 2018, 898 mumps cases were reported among detainees at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities across 18 states. Tri-County Health Department (CO) managed a mumps outbreak at a contract ICE Processing Center in Aurora, Colorado. In under one week, the facility completed universal MMR vaccination for detainees; mumps transmission ceased twelve days later.

    Aug 29, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

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    Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP), Performance Improvement, Workforce Development

    Register to Attend a Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)...

    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

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    Preparedness Summit 2024: Join a Focus Group on Building More Resilient Communities

    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 Cognitive Health Guide FINAL 1
    Tools & Resources, Brain Health, Healthy Aging, Healthy Living & Prevention

    New NACCHO Resource: Integrating Brain Health into Health Improvement Planning: The...

    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

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    Funding Opportunity, COVID-19, Immunization, Partnerships

    Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve Vaccine Access, Education,...

    NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...

    Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea

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    Win $25,000 in cash prizes. Share your innovative strategies for engaging with rural...

    The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...

    Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma

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    Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted

    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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    Preparedness Brief

    The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.

    Stories from the Field

    Stories from the Field provides a means for local health departments to share their experiences and demonstrate the value of public health.

    The Essential Elements of Local Public Health

    The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
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