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The Word on Local Health Departments is a blog by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

  • Food Safety & Inspection

Special Processes at Retail Courses in 2023

A virtual, five-day course exploring the specific types of food processing in retail food establishments.

Dec 05, 2022 | Anu Varma

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  • Food Safety & Inspection

Register for the 2023 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference

Registration for the 2023 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference is now open. Learn more about the conference...

Dec 05, 2022 | Guest Author

  • Food Safety & Inspection
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Response Requested: FDA Survey Seeks to Gather Information on Influences on Human and Animal Food Regulatory Training

NACCHO requests local health staff feedback to inform the development of the Integrated Food Safety System Regulatory...

Oct 27, 2022 | Anu Varma

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Food Safety & Inspection

NACCHO & CDC Food Safety Sharing Session: Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations

Join NACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on November 4 at 2 PM ET for this webinar.

Sep 08, 2022 | Olivia Turay

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  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Research & Reports

New Research Identifies Risk Factor Most Often Targeted During Retail Food Regulatory Inspections

The 2021 study identified and assessed the implementation of risk factor interventions currently employed by local...

Aug 26, 2022 | Anu Varma

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Tools & Resources
  • Food Safety & Inspection

NEHA-FDA RFFM Grant Program Year 2 Application Opens August 2022

The application period for Year 2 of the NEHA-FDA RFFM Grant Program to open August 17, 2022.

Aug 17, 2022

  • Food Safety & Inspection

NACCHO360 Spotlight: Tracking Vibriosis and Educating Retail Food Establishments

At the 2022 NACCHO360 Annual Conference, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and our...

Aug 08, 2022 | Noah Papagni

  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Research & Reports

An Evaluation of Existing Retail Program Standards Networks

This issue brief investigated the benefits of state and local retail food regulatory programs participating in state-...

Jul 28, 2022 | Charlotte Ciampa, Anu Varma

  • Food Safety & Inspection

Open Registration for the 2022 FDA Retail Food Protection Seminar - New Keynote Speakers Announced!

New keynote speakers for the 2022 FDA Retail Food Protection Seminar have been announced and registration for the...

Jul 28, 2022 | Charlotte Ciampa

  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

Abstract Submissions for the 2023 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference Open

The 2023 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference is seeking abstract submissions.

Jul 20, 2022

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  • Opportunity

Win $25,000 in cash prizes. Share your innovative...

The EPA’s Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local...

Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma

Win $25,000 in cash prizes. Share your innovative...

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Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19...

Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November...

Oct 16, 2023

Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19...

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  • Community Engagement

It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

Celebrate with us!

Oct 12, 2023 | Anu Varma

It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Sep 08, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

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Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

NACCHO’s Immunization team has developed the School-Located Vaccination Clinic...

Aug 31, 2023 | Kayla Miller, PHAP

Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
  • Community Engagement
  • Healthy People 2030

New Resource: A Guide to Aligning Healthy People 2030...

To help address the social determinants of health and advance health equity,...

Aug 14, 2023 | Andrea Grenadier

New Resource: A Guide to Aligning Healthy People 2030...

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

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  • Community Engagement
  • Community Resilience
  • Immunization
  • Vaccine Hesitancy

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted what we already know to be true: higher-risk...

Aug 10, 2023 | Dominique Baradaran, MSM, Interim Chief of Community Health, Oklahoma City- County Health Department

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

Brownsville
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Aug 07, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

Cook County
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 31, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 24, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

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

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

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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