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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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  • Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Programs

Centro de los Derechos del Migrante Site Spotlight

Check out CDM's October Site Spotlight

Nov 06, 2023

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  • Funding Opportunity

Funding Announcement: Youth and Community Violence Prevention Team (VPAT)

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) with support from the Centers for Disease Control...

Nov 06, 2023 | Bailey McInnes

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  • Chronic Disease
  • Policy
  • Tobacco-Use Prevention

FDA Sends Final Menthol and Flavors Rule to OMB

The Food and Drug Administration has sent over the final proposed rules that would prohibit menthol from cigarettes,...

Nov 06, 2023 | Daniel Hamilton

  • Funding Opportunity
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Request for Applications: Using Effective Media Campaigns to Raise Awareness about Syphilis

NACCHO is pleased to offer a funding opportunity to LHDs to support the creation of media and awareness building...

Nov 06, 2023

  • Press Release

NACCHO Announces Partnership with NFHS to Increase Immunization Health and Awareness for Student Athletes

NACCHO is partnering with The National Federation of State High School Associations on a new CDC-funded campaign to...

Nov 02, 2023

  • Funding Opportunity
  • Community Engagement
  • Immunization

Request for Applications: Equipping Local Health Departments to Address Vaccine Hesitancy

With support from the CDC, NACCHO is pleased to announce Equipping Local Health Departments to Address Vaccine...

Nov 02, 2023 | Amy Maxson

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  • Community Health
  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Infectious Disease
  • Research & Reports

[NACCHO Webinar] Waterborne Infectious Disease Burden and Recreational Water-Associated Illness in the United States

A webinar hosted by the Model Aquatic Health Code Network.

Nov 02, 2023 | Rebecca Rainey

  • Preparedness Profile

Accepting Applications: 2024 Radiation Workshop Travel Award

NACCHO’s Preparedness Summit is a one-of-a-kind learning and networking opportunity for local health officials and...

Nov 01, 2023

  • Funding Opportunity
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Request for Applications: Convening of Indian Country Congenital Syphilis Taskforce

Applications must be submitted by Friday, November 17th at 11:59 PM PT.

Nov 01, 2023

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  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Research & Reports

NACCHO Research Reveals Impact of FDA Funding on Conformance With the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards

NEHA's Journal of Environmental Health , Volume: 86 Number: 4. Published: November 2023

Oct 31, 2023 | Nicholas Adams

Partner Articles

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  • Opportunity

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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  • Community Engagement

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

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
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • 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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  • 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
  • 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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Stories from the Field

Stories from the Field provides a means for local health departments to share their experiences and demonstrate the value of public health.

The Essential Elements of Local Public Health

The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.

Preparedness Brief

The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.
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