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Public Health Advocacy: Informing Lawmakers about What Matters Most in Our...

By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston, Texas The Journal of...

Feb 05, 2018 | NacchoVoice

  • Health Equity Matters: Bridging the Gap between Underserved Populations and Access...

    By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston, Texas What is Health...

    Dec 22, 2017 | NacchoVoice

  • American Diabetes Month: Local Health Departments Work to Mitigate the Burden of...

    By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston Today, over 30 million...

    Nov 15, 2017 | NacchoVoice

  • Convening Cross-Sector Partnerships to Implement Health in All Policies at the Local...

    By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston Local health departments...

    Oct 24, 2017 | NacchoVoice

  • National Preparedness Month: We Have the Power to Prepare

    By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health This September marks the fourteenth...

    Sep 27, 2017 | NacchoVoice

  • Incoming NACCHO President Dr. Umair A. Shah Shares How His Health Department Uses...

    Interview by Lindsay Tiffany, Lead of Publications, NACCHO On July 1, Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Harris County...

    Sep 20, 2017 | NacchoVoice

    • Tools & Resources, Healthy People 2030

    Celebrating National Public Health Week through Collaboration, Engagement, and Action

    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 […]

    Mar 30, 2018 | NacchoVoice

    Vector Control

    The Local Health Department Response to the Zika Virus: Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead

    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, […]

    Mar 09, 2018 | NacchoVoice

    Public Health Advocacy: Informing Lawmakers about What Matters Most in Our Communities

    By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston, Texas The Journal of School Health defines health advocacy as “The processes by which the actions of individuals or groups attempt to bring about social and/or organization change on behalf of a particular health goal, program, interest, […]

    Feb 05, 2018 | NacchoVoice

    Health Equity Matters: Bridging the Gap between Underserved Populations and Access to Care

    By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston, Texas What is Health Equity? Public health is built on the foundation that all people have a right to health. Health equity is the principle that every person should have the opportunity “to attain their full health […]

    Dec 22, 2017 | NacchoVoice

    American Diabetes Month: Local Health Departments Work to Mitigate the Burden of Diabetes Across the Nation

    By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston Today, over 30 million people in the United States live with diabetes—the seventh leading cause of death in the nation.1 Every day, local health departments (LHDs) work with community partners including schools, city planners, businesses, and restaurants […]

    Nov 15, 2017 | NacchoVoice

    Convening Cross-Sector Partnerships to Implement Health in All Policies at the Local Level

    By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston Local health departments (LHDs) play a critical role in ensuring that communities across the nation are healthy. We work every day to ensure the safety of the water we drink, the food we eat, and the air […]

    Oct 24, 2017 | NacchoVoice

    National Preparedness Month: We Have the Power to Prepare

    By Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, NACCHO President and Executive Director of Harris County Public Health This September marks the fourteenth annual National Preparedness Month, created to raise public awareness about the importance of preparedness and encourage Americans to plan for emergencies. Each year during the month of September, more than 3,000 national, state, and […]

    Sep 27, 2017 | NacchoVoice

    Incoming NACCHO President Dr. Umair A. Shah Shares How His Health Department Uses the Principles of Innovation, Engagement, and Equity to Advance Population Health

    Interview by Lindsay Tiffany, Lead of Publications, NACCHO On July 1, Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Harris County Public Health in Houston, became NACCHO’s President. Dr. Shah is a long-standing and enthusiastic member of NACCHO and has served on a variety of different advisory groups including the Health Equity and Social Justice […]

    Sep 20, 2017 | NacchoVoice

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    2024 Vector Control Hurricane Crisis Workshop

    In-person workshop for improving mosquito control capacity in select low-resource jurisdictions affected by 2022 Hurricanes Fiona and Ian.

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    NACCHO Rural Café

    Sharing Smarter: Using Knowledge Management in Rural/Frontier Public Health Connect with and learn from other health departments.

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    Apr 30

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    2024 Public Health Law Practitioners Convening

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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

    Partnerships

    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

    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

    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

    Opportunity

    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

    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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    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.
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