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The Word on Local Health Departments is a blog by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

Call for Resources: School-Based Influenza Vaccination Clinics with Injectable Vaccine

Per the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), LAIV, or FluMist, should not be used during the...

Jun 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

National Infant Immunization Week—Making it Matter at the Local Level

By Nancy Messonnier, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease...

Apr 18, 2016 | Guest Author

HHS Releases Implementation Guidance to Support Syringe Services Programs

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued guidance regarding the use of Federal funds to...

Mar 29, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

NACCHO Releases New Resource: Health Department Strategies to Support HPV Vaccination

NACCHO developed this fact sheet as a result of interviews with select state and local health departments about their...

Mar 17, 2016 | Kate Drezner

Eastern Panhandle HPV Prevention Project Represented at the West Virginia HPV Summit

By Dr. Diana Gaviria, Health Officer, and Christina Jackson, Health Promotions Coordinator, Berkeley County (WV) Health...

Mar 16, 2016 | Guest Author

Capturing Patient and Vaccine Information at Mass Vaccination Clinics – A Catalog of Electronic Technologies

By Tom Fitzgerald, MPH; Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Response Fellow, CDC/NCIRD/ISD For many health departments, data...

Feb 18, 2016 | Mary Hodges

The National Adult Immunization Plan Released

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the National Adult Immunization Plan (NAIP) to provide an...

Feb 16, 2016 | Mary Hodges

Technical Consultation on the Elimination of Perinatal Hepatitis B in the U.S.: What Local Health Departments Can Do

By Cynthia English, RN BSN, Communicable Disease Specialist, Saint Louis County (MO) Department of Public Health...

Feb 09, 2016 | Guest Author

MMWR Highlights Increases in Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infections in Three States

A Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published in January 2016 describes an emerging hepatitis B epidemic in...

Feb 03, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

Strengthening Infection Control to Prevent and Contain the Next Outbreak

This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and...

Feb 03, 2016 | Mary Hodges

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New NACCHO Resource: Integrating Brain Health into...

NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, is thrilled to launch...

Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier

New NACCHO Resource: Integrating Brain Health into...

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Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve...

NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...

Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea

Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve...

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The EPA’s Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local...

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Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November...

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Oct 12, 2023 | Anu Varma

It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

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  • COVID-19
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  • 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

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  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
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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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  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
  • Community Engagement
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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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  • 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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