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Call for Nominations: 2019 NAIIS Summit Immunization Excellence Awards

The National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit (NAIIS) is soliciting candidates for the 2019 NAIIS Immunization...

Jan 17, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

  • Awards & Recognition
  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Global Health

International Association for Food Protection 2019 Awards

The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) welcomes nominations for their association awards. You are not...

Jan 14, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

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  • Rural Health

NACCHO Announces New Award to Recognize Excellence in Upstream Work in Rural Communities

NACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are pleased to announce the Achieving SDOH Population...

Jan 02, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

  • Awards & Recognition
  • Food Safety & Inspection

Student Scholarship Opportunity for the 2019 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference

The Consumer Food Safety Education Conference 2019 is accepting applications for student scholarships. Applications...

Dec 28, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

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  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
  • Health in All Policies
  • Opportunity

Scholarships Available for the 2019 HIA Practitioner Workshop

Thanks to the support and generosity of sponsors, the Society of Practitioners of Health Impact Assessment (SOPHIA) is...

Dec 18, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Awards & Recognition
  • Immunization

CDC Announces 2018 HPV Vaccine Is Cancer Prevention Champion Awardees

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just announced the winners of the 2018 HPV Vaccine Is Cancer...

Dec 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

  • Awards & Recognition
  • Food Safety & Inspection

Applications Open for the 2019 Crumbine Award

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 Samuel J. Crumbine Consumer Protection Award for Excellence in Food...

Dec 04, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Press Release: FY 2018 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Grant Awards

The Department of Health and Human Services has published the FY 2018 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Grant Awards annual...

Oct 11, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

  • Awards & Recognition
  • Recommendations

Preparedness Summit Abstract Submission Deadline Extended; Submit your Abstract to Join the Distinguished List of Preparedness Summit Presenters!

NACCHO, in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, recently invited your agency to contribute to...

Sep 27, 2018

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NACCHO Selected for CDC’s September COCA Partner Spotlight

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity...

Sep 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

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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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  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
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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

Calhoun
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  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

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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  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
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  • 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
  • ID Featured
  • 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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  • Community Engagement
  • Community Resilience
  • Immunization
  • Vaccine Hesitancy

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted what we already know to be true: higher-risk...

Aug 10, 2023 | Dominique Baradaran, MSM, Interim Chief of Community Health, Oklahoma City- County Health Department

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

Brownsville
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Aug 07, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

Cook County
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 31, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 24, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

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