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If there's something strange in your neighborhood, you call the Ghostbusters. But who do you call when there is flooding? A super hot...
Sep 18, 2023 | Jillian Wilson Martin, Town of Natick
San Juan Basin Public Health's conclusions demonstrate the importance of holistic climate planning that takes seriously the impacts...
Sep 18, 2023 | Brian Devine, San Juan Basin Public Health
With the climate changing quickly, emergency planning for extreme weather events is critically important to public health. This...
Sep 18, 2023 | Dawn Ford, Hamilton County Public Health
Welcome to National Preparedness Month!
Sep 01, 2023 | Beth Hess
Many newly arriving refugees and humanitarian parolees are about to experience their first summer in the United States. Depending on...
Aug 29, 2023
We asked our HAI/AR pilot project sites to reflect on their experiences and lessons learned since joining our project. Here is what...
Aug 28, 2023
How collaborating with Centers for Independent Living can improve health outcomes for people with disabilities.
Aug 24, 2023 | Uyen Tran
Local health departments (LHDs) are critical in responding to public health emergencies. These institutions formed the backbone of the...
Aug 22, 2023 | Ryanna Quazi, Harpur Schwartz, Elana Filipos
The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance (BLOC COVID-19+)...
Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross
If there's something strange in your neighborhood, you call the Ghostbusters. But who do you call when there is flooding? A super hot day? A power outage? It quickly becomes less obvious, especially if English isn't your first language.
San Juan Basin Public Health's conclusions demonstrate the importance of holistic climate planning that takes seriously the impacts of climate change to the entire public health system.
With the climate changing quickly, emergency planning for extreme weather events is critically important to public health. This project involved creating and delivering an extreme heat tabletop exercise to assist local planning efforts.
Many newly arriving refugees and humanitarian parolees are about to experience their first summer in the United States. Depending on where they have settled, they may find themselves in an unfamiliar weather environment with new summer activities available to them. These new environments may include exposure to extreme and prolonged heat, different UV indexes, and having the opportunity to play...
We asked our HAI/AR pilot project sites to reflect on their experiences and lessons learned since joining our project. Here is what one of our sites, West Hartford-Bloomfield Health District, shared with us.
Local health departments (LHDs) are critical in responding to public health emergencies. These institutions formed the backbone of the COVID-19 response and have also responded to infectious disease threats such as Zika, influenza outbreaks, congenital syphilis, and RSV.
The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance (BLOC COVID-19+) project continues and expands upon the first year of the BLOC COVID-19 Demonstration Site project by allowing LHDs to go beyond COVID-19 response and address other HAIs and AR pathogens. We asked our BLOC COVID+ sites to reflect on their experiences and lessons...
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May 09, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
Join your fellow public health professionals for a Town Hall-style Focus Group at the 2024 Preparedness Summit to explore what can be...
Mar 08, 2024
NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, is thrilled to launch the new guide: Integrating Brain Health into Health...
Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma
Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November 2nd at 2:00 PM ET to learn more about the newly FDA...
Oct 16, 2023
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