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The 2018 Preparedness Summit is just days away! The summit will take place April 17-20 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Ga. This year...
May 07, 2018
CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR) released its 10th annual Public Health Preparedness and Response...
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in partnership with Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB),...
Apr 30, 2018
The Kresge Foundation is partnering with the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health (UNC) to recruit and...
Apr 12, 2018
A recent wave of cyber “ransomware” attacks known as SamSam has impacted healthcare and governmental organizations throughout the...
Apr 06, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
Applications for the Local Health Department of the Year, the Maurice “Mo” Mullet Lifetime of Service, and the newly...
Apr 03, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and...
Mar 22, 2018
Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) is the National Association of County and City Health Official’s (NACCHO) criteria-based...
Mar 19, 2018
CDC’s Operational Readiness Review (ORR) online data collection system has undergone a recent update that allows users to download...
Mar 12, 2018 | Raymond Puerini
The 2018 Preparedness Summit is just days away! The summit will take place April 17-20 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Ga. This year at the summit, there will be a wide range of sessions and workshops available, including sessions on radiation preparedness. The summit will feature a radiation Track, consisting of three sessions and […]
CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR) released its 10th annual Public Health Preparedness and Response National Snapshot. The report highlights preparedness activities and investments at the federal, state, and local levels and features stories that demonstrate the impact of these activities.
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in partnership with Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), recently hosted a webinar describing the performance improvement processes of Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) recognition and PHAB accreditation. The webinar also connects the two standards-based programs and provides information on tools and resources for local...
The Kresge Foundation is partnering with the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health (UNC) to recruit and select 20 teams for the third cohort of Emerging Leaders in Public Health initiative. ELPH is a leadership development initiative aimed at providing local, governmental public health leaders with the knowledge and skills to lead in today’s […]
A recent wave of cyber “ransomware” attacks known as SamSam has impacted healthcare and governmental organizations throughout the country. The following unclassified summary of SamSam was adapted from a report developed by the Healthcare Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (HCCIC), in coordination with the HHS Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC). In 2018, there have...
Applications for the Local Health Department of the Year, the Maurice “Mo” Mullet Lifetime of Service, and the newly developed National Advocate of the Year awards are open. Apply by April 27. The Local Health Department (LHD) of the Year award recognizes outstanding work conducted by LHDs around the nation. It is an opportunity to share […]
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) are pleased to announce the third annual National Health Security Award! This award recognizes local health departments that have demonstrated significant accomplishments in implementing health security-related initiatives within their jurisdictions....
Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) is the National Association of County and City Health Official’s (NACCHO) criteria-based recognition program that assesses local health departments’ (LHDs) capability and capacity to plan for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies. PPHR aims to protect and strengthen the public health infrastructure by equipping LHDs with tools to […]
CDC’s Operational Readiness Review (ORR) online data collection system has undergone a recent update that allows users to download templates to complete two forms offline. Currently available in the system for download are the receive, stage, and store (RSS) site survey and point of dispensing forms. The templates allow recipients to enter data on the […]
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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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