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The National Association of County and City Health Officials, on behalf of the nation’s nearly 3,000 local health departments,...
Dec 22, 2020 | Theresa Spinner
Public health in the United States and globally has been in an unprecedented spotlight in 2020. Now, more than ever, the public’s...
Nov 23, 2020
On August 25-27, 2020, more than 1,300 attendees—who work in all levels of government (local, state, and federal), emergency...
Aug 28, 2020 | Beth Hess
NACCHO released new data documenting the impact of the COVID-19 response on overdose response and prevention activities at LHDs...
Jul 29, 2020 | Francis Higgins
This letter was sent urging Congress to provide substantial additional investments to the governmental public health system at all...
Jul 23, 2020
In July 2019, when I began this journey as NACCHO President, I stood in front of over 1,300 NACCHO Annual attendees and asked the...
Jul 19, 2020 | George Roberts
May 26, 2020 | Amy Chang
Dr. Paul Offit discusses his new book, "Overkill: When Modern Medicine Goes Too Far," and shares how public health professionals can...
May 17, 2020 | Emily Yox
Colleagues: As we reflect on the field for National Public Health Week 2020, it is truly remarkable how far we have come. The start of...
Apr 09, 2020 | George Roberts
The National Association of County and City Health Officials, on behalf of the nation’s nearly 3,000 local health departments, released the following statement regarding the passage of the FY21 Omnibus Spending package and Covid-19 relief package.
Public health in the United States and globally has been in an unprecedented spotlight in 2020. Now, more than ever, the public’s health—and the role of our local health departments—is critical to the overall functioning of all facets of American life.
On August 25-27, 2020, more than 1,300 attendees—who work in all levels of government (local, state, and federal), emergency management, volunteer organizations, healthcare coalitions, and academia—participated in the first ever virtual Preparedness Summit.
NACCHO released new data documenting the impact of the COVID-19 response on overdose response and prevention activities at LHDs throughout the country.
This letter was sent urging Congress to provide substantial additional investments to the governmental public health system at all levels (federal, state, local, tribal and territorial), as well as at least $3 billion in funding designated specifically for local health departments so that they can continue to lead on the response in the short term, as well as over the long-term response on...
In July 2019, when I began this journey as NACCHO President, I stood in front of over 1,300 NACCHO Annual attendees and asked the question—“What kind of leader are you?” As important, I asked how their family, employees, and their communities would answer that.
Dr. Paul Offit discusses his new book, "Overkill: When Modern Medicine Goes Too Far," and shares how public health professionals can be the best advocates for communities across the country.
Colleagues: As we reflect on the field for National Public Health Week 2020, it is truly remarkable how far we have come. The start of 2020 did not go as many of us expected, as the coronavirus (COVID-19) had a different idea for how we would spend several weeks—which has now turned into an undetermined […]
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