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The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is closely monitoring Hurricane Dorian and is ready to assist...
Aug 28, 2019 | Katie Dwyer
This new report is part of the Federal Research Action Plan (FRAP) on Recycled Tire Crumb Used on Playing Fields and Playgrounds, a...
Jul 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The CHOICES Project at the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public...
Jul 24, 2019 | NacchoVoice
An opportunity to partner with the CHOICES Project at the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity at the Harvard...
Jul 07, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Center for Sharing Public Health Services (the “Center”) is offering small grants to support cross-jurisdictional sharing (CJS)...
Jul 03, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
By Kevin G. Sumner, MPH, NACCHO President and Health Officer and Director of the Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission in Green...
May 21, 2019 | NacchoVoice
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist Nasseam McPherson James, MBA, MSW, is the Interim Health Officer for the Florida...
Apr 29, 2019 | NacchoVoice
By Lori Tremmel Freeman, NACCHO CEO “Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed there have been 626...
Apr 23, 2019 | NacchoVoice
STD Awareness Month is an opportunity to raise awareness about Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), also referred to as Sexually...
Apr 18, 2019 | NacchoVoice
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is closely monitoring Hurricane Dorian and is ready to assist and support local health departments with response and recovery efforts. This page will be updated continually. Please reach out to NACCHO’s Preparedness team for additional updates or assistance. Local health departments are life-saving first responders to...
This new report is part of the Federal Research Action Plan (FRAP) on Recycled Tire Crumb Used on Playing Fields and Playgrounds, a multi-agency research effort by EPA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR), and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to characterize the chemicals associated with […]
The CHOICES Project at the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will be accepting applications beginning on August 1 for state and local health agencies to apply to participate in the CHOICES Learning Collaborative Partnership (LCP). Over the past four years, the CHOICES team […]
An opportunity to partner with the CHOICES Project at the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health will be available for state and local health agencies through a new RFP that will be posted on August 1, 2019. Up to four agencies will be selected […]
The Center for Sharing Public Health Services (the “Center”) is offering small grants to support cross-jurisdictional sharing (CJS) arrangements that fit into one of the Project Classifications listed below. While all applications will be reviewed, preference will be given to applicants that address at least one of the Priority Topic Areas listed below. Applications must be submitted by 5:00 PM...
By Kevin G. Sumner, MPH, NACCHO President and Health Officer and Director of the Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission in Green Brook, New Jersey The opioid epidemic has claimed thousands of lives and engulfed entire communities, yet often feels too monumental to be seen as anything other than relentless and unending. But with as many harrowing […]
Interview by Taylarr Lopez, Communications Specialist Nasseam McPherson James, MBA, MSW, is the Interim Health Officer for the Florida Department of Health in Orange County (FL DOH). In the following post, she discusses her role within the department, shares how FL DOH in Orange County is addressing infant mortality and decreasing new HIV infection rates, […]
By Lori Tremmel Freeman, NACCHO CEO “Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed there have been 626 individual cases of measles diagnosed across 22 states in the United States since the first of this year. We are on track to have the highest number of measles cases in the United States in 25 […]
STD Awareness Month is an opportunity to raise awareness about Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), also referred to as Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), with local health departments and with local and national policymakers, stakeholders, and the public. The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the nation’s nearly 3,000 local health […]
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