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In the fall of 2018, the residents of the United Kingdom’s northern city of Grimsby could have been forgiven for choking on their...
Sep 16, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NASTAD released two new installments of its Success Stories, which highlight linkage and navigation programs in North Carolina and...
Aug 26, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO released two new Health in All Policies (HiAP) success stories: Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC): The goal of BHPC’s...
Jul 07, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO released a Health in All Policies success story from the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). The goal of BHPC’s...
Jun 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
In honor of Hepatitis Awareness Month, NASTAD released three new success stories featuring health department responses to the...
Jun 04, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Stories from three LHDs that have prepared for and responded to complex water emergencies in their communities.
Mar 31, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
CDC has worked with many state and local public health and emergency management jurisdictions over the past decade and a half, and...
Feb 28, 2019 | Raymond Puerini
By Maria Stock, Fairfax County Health Department, VA This article originally ran in NACCHO’s Stories from the Field. When the...
Nov 05, 2018 | NacchoVoice
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) worked with NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)...
Oct 11, 2018
In the fall of 2018, the residents of the United Kingdom’s northern city of Grimsby could have been forgiven for choking on their breakfast cereal when they saw in the news that their High Street (UK equivalent of a Main Street), was named by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), as the UK’s unhealthiest.
NASTAD released two new installments of its Success Stories, which highlight linkage and navigation programs in North Carolina and Tennessee. Historically, hepatitis programs have only been able to support clients through provider referrals following a positive test result. With the availability of direct acting antivirals (DAAs) that effectively cure HCV, more programs are supporting linkage to...
NACCHO released two new Health in All Policies (HiAP) success stories: Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC): The goal of BHPC’s Health Equity in All Policies initiative, led by the BPHC Office of Health Equity, is to better equip city departments to address racial justice and health equity issues within their sectors. Florida Department of Health in […]
NACCHO released a Health in All Policies success story from the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). The goal of BHPC’s Health Equity in All Policies initiative, led by the BPHC Office of Health Equity, is to better equip city departments to address racial justice and health equity issues within their sectors. Read more.
In honor of Hepatitis Awareness Month, NASTAD released three new success stories featuring health department responses to the hepatitis A outbreak and highlighting the work that has taken place in Indiana, Michigan, and Utah. The Success Stories highlight the need for multi-stakeholder engagement and working with partners such as syringe service providers, community-based organizations, and...
CDC has worked with many state and local public health and emergency management jurisdictions over the past decade and a half, and continues to provide technical assistance, training, and tools to support radiation emergency planning and preparedness activities. Many state and local preparedness partners have made great progress in their preparedness efforts for these types […]
By Maria Stock, Fairfax County Health Department, VA This article originally ran in NACCHO’s Stories from the Field. When the opportunity to join the third cohort of the NIPA Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative arose, the Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD) joined to help address challenges related to adolescent vaccination rates. A couple years ago, Fairfax […]
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) worked with NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to publish a “dispatch” in NACCHO’s From the Field column in the journal Health Security. The report details NYC DOHMH’s reflections on the first-ever public health deployments in support of Puerto Rico and the U.S. […]
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