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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just announced the winners of the 2018 HPV Vaccine Is Cancer Prevention Champion...
Dec 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO is pleased to release an updated Fall 2018 edition of the Guide to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Resources for Local Health...
Nov 28, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
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 Coalition for Sexual Health released a new compendium designed to help primary care and other healthcare providers...
Oct 16, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
On October 5, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a news release to announce the administration’s approval of the...
Oct 12, 2018 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
Immunization data have revealed significant gaps in vaccination coverage among adolescents, especially those 16-to-18 years of age....
Oct 10, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Through four consecutive cohorts, the National Immunization Partnership with the APA (NIPA) HPV Immunization Learning Collaborative...
Sep 26, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of the 2017 National Immunization Survey-Teen, which showed the...
Aug 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Epi/Vac Pink Book Webinar Series aims to provide an overview of...
Aug 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just announced the winners of the 2018 HPV Vaccine Is Cancer Prevention Champion Award for outstanding efforts to protect adolescents from cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI), the American Cancer Society (ACS), and CDC have partnered to create this award program […]
NACCHO is pleased to release an updated Fall 2018 edition of the Guide to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Resources for Local Health Departments. The guide provides resources to assist local health departments (LHDs) in their overall efforts to increase HPV vaccination rates in their jurisdictions. The collection of print materials, audio/video communications, guidance, and other tools can […]
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 Coalition for Sexual Health released a new compendium designed to help primary care and other healthcare providers improve their clinical skills and the delivery of sexual health services for a range of patient populations (e.g., adolescents, LGBT and gender nonconforming people, older adults, people with disabilities). The compendium provides practical, open access, evidence-based...
On October 5, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a news release to announce the administration’s approval of the expanded use of Gardasil 9 (Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant) to include women and men aged 27 through 45 years of age. Gardasil 9, which protects against nine HPV types, was originally […]
Immunization data have revealed significant gaps in vaccination coverage among adolescents, especially those 16-to-18 years of age. There is a significant need to ensure that these adolescents receive timely immunization to prevent the threat of significant health consequences. To support this effort, the Adolescent Immunization Initiative (AII) was formed to establish an immunization platform...
Through four consecutive cohorts, the National Immunization Partnership with the APA (NIPA) HPV Immunization Learning Collaborative has proven an effective model for improving HPV vaccination rates. Local health departments, pediatric and family medicine practices, and other immunization providers have participated in this nine-month, virtual, quality improvement (QI) project, which assists...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of the 2017 National Immunization Survey-Teen, which showed the number of adolescents who are up to date on HPV vaccination – meaning they started and completed the HPV vaccine series – increased five percentage points from 2016 to 2017. In 2017, roughly half (49 percent) […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Epi/Vac Pink Book Webinar Series aims to provide an overview of the principles of vaccination, general recommendations, immunization strategies for providers, and specific information about vaccine-preventable diseases and the vaccines that prevent them. Each one-hour webinar explores a chapter from the 13th edition of...
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May 09, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
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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
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