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

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CDC’s InFORM Conference Now Accepting Registration Scholarships for NACCHO Members to Attend!

Get the opportunity to exchange expertise about improving surveillance systems and practices for detecting,...

Feb 14, 2022

  • Food Safety & Inspection

Analysis of Factors Influencing the Implementation of Risk-Based Inspections: A Study Conducted with Local Retail Food Regulatory Programs

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Conference for Food Protection (CFP)...

Jan 03, 2022 | Anu Varma

  • Tools & Resources
  • Food Safety & Inspection

New Training: Helping Restaurants Reduce the Spread of COVID-19

New training resource from the Public Health Foundation (PHF) in partnership with the Food and Society Program at the...

Oct 26, 2021

Webinar
  • Food Safety & Inspection

Save the Date: NEHA-FDA Retail Flexible Funding Model Grant Program Webinar

Join NEHA October 13, from 2-3:30 p.m. EDT, for an informational webinar to learn about the NEHA-FDA Retail Flexible...

Oct 04, 2021

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the National Association of County and City Health Officials

Applications for the program are now open from September 9 through November 15, 2021 at 7:59 PM ET.

Aug 03, 2021 | Guest Author

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Food Safety & Inspection

The Food Code Adoption Toolkit is Now Live

The Retail Food Safety Regulatory Association Collaborative (the Collaborative) released the Food Code Adoption Toolkit!

Jun 23, 2021 | Anu Varma

Webinar
  • Webinar
  • Food Safety & Inspection

[Webinar] Join a New NACCHO Virtual Sharing Session on Edible Marijuana

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the National Environmental Health...

Jun 08, 2021 | Tiara Smith

Webinar
  • Webinar
  • Food Safety & Inspection

[World Food Safety Day Announcement] NACCHO Virtual Sharing Session on the Retail Program Standards Clearinghouse Work Group

This World Food Safety Day (June 7), join a webinar on the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards...

Jun 07, 2021 | Anu Varma

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Food Safety & Inspection

Now in Spanish: Third Edition of the CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response

The CIFOR Guidelines are a comprehensive source of information on foodborne disease investigation and control for...

May 11, 2021 | Anu Varma

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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Climate Change
  • Extreme Weather

NACCHO Releases New COVID-19 Resource Library for Environmental Health Professionals

NACCHO has compiled evergreen resources from their federal, state, and local partners, as well as from non-governmental...

Apr 28, 2021 | Emily D'Angelo

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  • Opportunity

Win $25,000 in cash prizes. Share your innovative...

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

Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma

Win $25,000 in cash prizes. Share your innovative...

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Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19...

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

Oct 16, 2023

Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19...

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  • Community Engagement

It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

Celebrate with us!

Oct 12, 2023 | Anu Varma

It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • 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

Calhoun
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • 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
  • Healthy People 2030

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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  • COVID-19
  • 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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  • Community Engagement
  • Community Resilience
  • Immunization
  • Vaccine Hesitancy

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted what we already know to be true: higher-risk...

Aug 10, 2023 | Dominique Baradaran, MSM, Interim Chief of Community Health, Oklahoma City- County Health Department

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

Brownsville
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Aug 07, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

Cook County
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 31, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 24, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

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