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People all across this country—regardless of their political beliefs or geographic location—overwhelmingly support sex education. But,...
Sep 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. government’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Challenge is a yearlong effort to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial...
A King County program called “Test & Cure” has dramatically increased the numbers of baby boomers screened and treated for...
Refer to the following information for updates on Hurricane Florence and corresponding resources. Florence has been upgraded to a...
Sep 18, 2018
By Catherine Joyner & Michelle Reis, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health In 2014,...
Sep 18, 2018 | NacchoVoice
At the US Conference on AIDS, the Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) announced the launch of +series (Positive Series), an innovative...
Sep 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Last year, a NACCHO report found that 61% of respondents from local vector control organizations did not make mosquito control...
Sep 14, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Through a Federal Register Notice (FRN),the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Sep 14, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
People all across this country—regardless of their political beliefs or geographic location—overwhelmingly support sex education. But, due to a small but vocal group of folks who organize with the sole purpose of opposing sex education, this basic human right continues to be denied to young people in communities everywhere. The key to overcoming this kind […]
The U.S. government’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Challenge is a yearlong effort to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial resistance across the globe. The AMR Challenge is a way for governments, private industries, and non-governmental organizations worldwide to make formal commitments that further the progress against antimicrobial resistance. The challenge encourages a One Health...
A King County program called “Test & Cure” has dramatically increased the numbers of baby boomers screened and treated for hepatitis C virus (HCV). Funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the program aimed to double the number of people screened and the number of people treated for HCV and actually ended up increasing […]
Refer to the following information for updates on Hurricane Florence and corresponding resources. Florence has been upgraded to a Category 4 Hurricane Tropical Depression Florence – center is over central Ohio Valley moving a little faster as it moves northeast. Wind speed 25 mph. Flash flood warnings are in effect for many counties. Rain is […]
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 […]
At the US Conference on AIDS, the Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) announced the launch of +series (Positive Series), an innovative and customizable social marketing campaign for US HIV/AIDS organizations to raise awareness about undetectable equals untransmittable (U=U) and encourage people living with HIV to remain engaged in care and on treatment. A person living with HIV who […]
Last year, a NACCHO report found that 61% of respondents from local vector control organizations did not make mosquito control decisions based on surveillance data. On August 23, 2018, NACCHO hosted a Q&A-based webinar to provide technical assistance in the most pressing areas of vector control. Dr. Roxanne Connelly from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention led the […]
Through a Federal Register Notice (FRN),the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are inviting interested persons or organizations to submit written views, recommendations, and data on the connection between community health and prosperity, business investment in local community health, investment strategies, the role of a healthy workforce...
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