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Apr 25, 2022 | Robin Mowson
National Association of County and City Health Officials Awards $2.3 Million in Funding to Prevent Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases in...
Apr 25, 2022 | Christina Baum
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the country’s nearly 3,000 local health...
Apr 22, 2022 | Jasmine Akuffo
HIV, STI, Viral Hepatitis, and Harm Reduction Digest: April 21, 2022
Apr 21, 2022
NACCHO will award up to $100,000 for a consultant, or consulting firm, to assist NACCHO with the development, implementation, and...
Apr 21, 2022 | Erin Laird
Local health departments can model true allyship by using their platforms to raise awareness, combat misconceptions, and elicit more...
Apr 21, 2022 | Guest Author
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common respiratory infection which results in substantial morbidity and mortality each year.
Apr 21, 2022 | Katherine Waters
NACCHO is offering a funding opportunity to develop key messages that can be delivered through one-on-one educational outreach, for...
Apr 19, 2022 | Audrey Eisemann
The widespread global news of avian influenza in birds has more than likely raised a few hackle feathers from the general public....
Apr 16, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson
National Association of County and City Health Officials Awards $2.3 Million in Funding to Prevent Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases in Healthcare Settings
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the country’s nearly 3,000 local health departments, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), developed the Health Equity and Overdose Prevention and Response Mentorship Program to continue supporting local health departments (LHDs) in their efforts to address drug overdose in their...
NACCHO will award up to $100,000 for a consultant, or consulting firm, to assist NACCHO with the development, implementation, and analysis of an assessment to identify the essential (i.e. “soft”) skills training needs of LHD staff engaged in infection prevention and control (IPC) activities. The selected consultant will work collaboratively with NACCHO, developing assessment tools, collecting...
Local health departments can model true allyship by using their platforms to raise awareness, combat misconceptions, and elicit more support for concerns that people with disabilities have shared within their communities.
NACCHO is offering a funding opportunity to develop key messages that can be delivered through one-on-one educational outreach, for health departments to use with primary care providers and law enforcement officers to increase their knowledge of harm reduction.
The widespread global news of avian influenza in birds has more than likely raised a few hackle feathers from the general public. NACCHO asked influenza subject matter experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), how local health departments can prepare for the possibility of human infections with these viruses and how to respond to public questions regarding H5N1.
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Andrea Grenadier will share examples of LHD-related success stories and highlight tools and resources you can use to support your communications work.
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A Model Aquatic Health Code Network webinar featuring Columbus Public Health.
PHI*con is a conference focusing on Public Health Informatics, Surveillance, and IT. It will be held July 22-23, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan.
The largest convening of local health department leaders and public health professionals in the United States.
Registration is now open for NACCHO’s (MAPP) 2.0 training series.
May 09, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
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
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
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma
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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