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AIDS United has released a new resource on the history and benefits of meaningfully involve of people who use drugs, as well as best...
Nov 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and is an effort to raise awareness on the continued threats posed by cyberattacks...
Oct 26, 2018
Frank M. Yiannas, vice president for food safety at Walmart and Sam’s Club stores, will take over for Dr. Stephen Ostroff as the...
Oct 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Registration is now open for the 2019 Preparedness Summit! Save $100 by registering before Feb. 8, 2019. The summit will take place...
Oct 15, 2018
Annually, public health officials prepare for the upcoming influenza (flu) season and emphasize the importance of receiving the flu...
Sep 26, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The International Federation of Environmental Health declared September 26th as World Environmental Health Day. The theme for 2018 is...
Sep 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By: Judi Jennings, Special Project Director, Louisville, KY The Special Project recently completed a health impact assessment (HIA)...
Sep 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Michael Dohn, MD, MSc, Medical Director, Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County The Montgomery County opioid overdose death...
Sep 18, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Catherine Joyner & Michelle Reis, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health In 2014,...
Sep 18, 2018 | NacchoVoice
AIDS United has released a new resource on the history and benefits of meaningfully involve of people who use drugs, as well as best practices to asses your organization and embody the principle of meaningful involvement of people who use drugs. Meaningful involvement of people who use drugs ensures the leadership and decision-making power of people with […]
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and is an effort to raise awareness on the continued threats posed by cyberattacks and the activities that are being pursued to protect against future cyberattacks. The Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Kirstjen M. Nielsen, recently spoke about DHS’ efforts to protect against threats […]
Frank M. Yiannas, vice president for food safety at Walmart and Sam’s Club stores, will take over for Dr. Stephen Ostroff as the top food safety official at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Ostroff will retire in January 2019 as deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine. Due to reorganization within FDA, Mr. […]
Registration is now open for the 2019 Preparedness Summit! Save $100 by registering before Feb. 8, 2019. The summit will take place March 26-29 at America’s Center Convention Complex (St. Louis Convention Center) in St. Louis, Mo. This year’s theme is “Preparedness Summit 2019: The Evolving Threat Environment.” Over the last decade, the nature of […]
Annually, public health officials prepare for the upcoming influenza (flu) season and emphasize the importance of receiving the flu vaccine. To “lead by example,” NACCHO’s Employee Wellness and Flu Vaccination Initiative aims to promote a culture of total wellness among employees with a particular emphasis on preparing employees for the upcoming flu season.
The International Federation of Environmental Health declared September 26th as World Environmental Health Day. The theme for 2018 is Global Food Safety and Sustainability. Read more about the theme here. NACCHO has a strong commitment to food safety. NACCHO’s food safety program supports local health departments by assessing the needs of their food safety programs, supporting […]
By: Judi Jennings, Special Project Director, Louisville, KY The Special Project recently completed a health impact assessment (HIA) demonstrating how public health leaders, artists and criminal justice reformers can work together to assess how parental incarceration harms children’s health. The HIA and health equity framework proved to be important tools for proposed policy change; art and...
By Michael Dohn, MD, MSc, Medical Director, Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County The Montgomery County opioid overdose death rate was the highest in Ohio from 2010 through 2016. Accidental opioid overdose deaths continued to climb in 2017. Montgomery County became the face of the opioid epidemic with the publication of “Faces of an Epidemic” […]
By Catherine Joyner & Michelle Reis, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health In 2014, the North Carolina Institute of Medicine, in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Division of Public Health (DPH), convened a statewide Task Force on Essentials for Childhood, tasked with developing […]
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The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
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Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November 2nd at 2:00 PM ET to learn more about the newly FDA...
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