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

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Honoring our Field during National Public Health Week 2024

Celebrating National Public Health Week with a poem from Marcy Austin, Health Officer at the Harford County Health...

Apr 03, 2024
By Andrea Grenadier

CDC Report: Major Contributing Factors of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Environmental Health, (NCEH CDC) has...

Jul 19, 2017 | Amy Chang

Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence Spring Newsletter

The Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence have just released the spring edition of their newsletter, Centered on...

Jul 19, 2017 | Amy Chang

Fish-Associated Outbreaks: One of Most Common for Foodborne Illness

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study outlining fish-associated foodborne disease...

Jul 19, 2017 | Amy Chang

Two Local Health Departments Win the 2017 Crumbine Awards

The 2017 Samuel J. Crumbine Consumer Protection Award for Excellence in Food Protection was awarded to two local health...

Jul 19, 2017 | Amy Chang

New Food Safety Resource: Technology to Advance Supply Chain Transparency

Walmart is urging the fresh produce sector to collaborate and build transparency into the supply chain by using...

Jul 19, 2017 | Amy Chang

Pew Report “Food Safety From Farm to Fork”

The Pew Charitable Trusts has released a report,”Food Safety From Farm to Fork”, which examines how the wider use...

Jul 19, 2017 | Amy Chang

NACCHO Annual 2017: Bridging Clinical Medicine and Population Health

By Lindsay Tiffany, Lead of Publications, NACCHO On July 11–13, more than 1,200 local health department (LHD) leaders...

Jul 18, 2017 | NacchoVoice

Shifting Internal Policies and Systems to Create Breastfeeding Continuity of Care

By Carmen Vergara, RN, MPH (ESPERANZA HEALTH CENTERS) and Harumi Reis-Reilly, MS, CNS, CHES, IBCLC (NACCHO)   Esperanza...

Jul 17, 2017 | NacchoVoice

NACCHO Releases Research Brief Highlighting Local Health Department Environmental Health Activities

In January 2017, NACCHO released findings from the 2016 National Profile of Local Health Departments, a comprehensive...

Jul 17, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) June Report

During the month of June, NACCHO staff held final review calls to determine the recognition status of PPHR resubmission...

Jul 17, 2017 | Madison Ferraro

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  • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
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Register to Attend a Mobilizing for Action through...

Registration is now open for NACCHO’s in-person Mobilizing for Action through...

Mar 23, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier

Register to Attend a Mobilizing for Action through...

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Preparedness Summit 2024: Join a Focus Group on Building...

Join your fellow public health professionals for a Town Hall-style Focus Group...

Mar 08, 2024

Preparedness Summit 2024: Join a Focus Group on Building...

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  • Tools & Resources
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  • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)

New NACCHO Resource: Integrating Brain Health into...

NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, is thrilled to launch...

Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier

New NACCHO Resource: Integrating Brain Health into...

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Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve...

NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...

Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea

Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve...

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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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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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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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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
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  • 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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