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Health departments working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Antibiotic Resistance (AR) Lab...
Apr 06, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
National Public Health Week (NPHW), organized annually by the American Public Health Association, presents an opportunity for...
Mar 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media, to be held on September 11 – 13 in Atlanta, will bring...
Mar 29, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Essential Elements. Americans currently use about 100 gallons of water per day per person....
Mar 29, 2018 | NacchoVoice
In light of the multiple package detonations over the last several weeks in Austin, Texas, the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH)...
Mar 22, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
Like taking photos? Then join the American Public Health Association (APHA) American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) Photo Contest....
Mar 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
A newly released study of local jurisdictions developed by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in...
Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) is the National Association of County and City Health Official’s (NACCHO) criteria-based...
Mar 19, 2018
Applications open at 12 a.m. ET, on April 2, 2018 & will be accepted until 5 p.m. ET, on April 30, 2018. The Kresge Foundation is...
Health departments working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Antibiotic Resistance (AR) Lab Network found more than 220 instances of germs with “unusual” antibiotic resistance genes in the United States last year, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report. Germs with “unusual resistance” are resistant to all or most antibiotics tested, making...
National Public Health Week (NPHW), organized annually by the American Public Health Association, presents an opportunity for communities across the United States to reflect on the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving our nation. More importantly, NPHW serves as an excellent reminder of why public health exists: to tackle the […]
The National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media, to be held on September 11 – 13 in Atlanta, will bring together individuals representing academia, public health researchers and practitioners from federal and state government and the private sector, providing a forum for dialogue within and across these disciplines. A call for abstracts is open […]
This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Essential Elements. Americans currently use about 100 gallons of water per day per person. In Cape Town, South Africa, extreme drought has limited residents to just 13 gallons of water per day since February 1. Depending on rainfall over the coming months, water taps in households and businesses may shut off entirely in this popular […]
In light of the multiple package detonations over the last several weeks in Austin, Texas, the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector – a public and private partnership focused on critical infrastructure facilitated by DHS and HHS – has compiled valuable resources for local health departments and their community partners to use in preparing for and responding to such incidents....
Like taking photos? Then join the American Public Health Association (APHA) American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) Photo Contest. The contest aims to showcase what public health looks like in communities across the United States, and also ties into the theme for National Public Health Week, “Healthiest Nation 2030: Changing our Future Together.” The deadline […]
A newly released study of local jurisdictions developed by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), discovered that while local health departments have responded diligently to Zika outbreaks in their communities and...
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 […]
Applications open at 12 a.m. ET, on April 2, 2018 & will be accepted until 5 p.m. ET, on April 30, 2018. The Kresge Foundation is seeking applicants for Emerging Leaders in Public Health – an 18-month, leadership development initiative aimed at providing local, governmental public health leaders with the knowledge and skills to lead […]
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