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Scholarship Application: National HIV PrEP Summit
Aug 10, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Incoming NACCHO President Claude-Alix Jacob Shares His Priorities for Local Health...
On July 1, Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge (MA) Public Health Department, became NACCHO’s...
Aug 05, 2016 | NacchoVoice
Call for Applications: ASTHO Tracking Fellowship Program
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), with the support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Aug 02, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Medical Countermeasures Workgroup July Report
Earlier this month, NACCHO’s Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup held its first monthly call of the project year. The...
Jul 26, 2016 | Raymond Puerini
HRSA/HAB Supports PrEP as a Prevention Tool
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has released a letter in support of pre-exposure prophylaxis...
Jul 11, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Eliminating Viral Hepatitis as a Public Health Threat: The Important Role Local...
My first job in public health was as a health educator and HIV test counselor at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in San...
Jun 30, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Ransomware Attacks on the Healthcare and Public Health Sector: A Message from the...
The healthcare and public health sectors are vital to the health and security of the nation. These sectors are also increasingly...
Jun 24, 2016 | Katie Dwyer
Scholarship Application: National HIV PrEP SummitAug 10, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Incoming NACCHO President Claude-Alix Jacob Shares His Priorities for Local Health Departments and Explains Why a Career in Local Public Health is One of the Best-Kept SecretsOn July 1, Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, Chief Public Health Officer for the Cambridge (MA) Public Health Department, became NACCHO’s President. Jacob is a long-standing and dedicated member of NACCHO and has served on a variety of different advisory groups including the Annual Conference Workgroup, the Health Equity and Social Justice Committee, the Survive and Thrive […] Aug 05, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
Call for Applications: ASTHO Tracking Fellowship ProgramThe Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), with the support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health, is accepting applications for the 2016-2017 Environmental Public Health Tracking: Peer-to-Peer Fellowship Program. Designed to enhance capacity of local, state and territorial health departments not currently funded... Aug 02, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Medical Countermeasures Workgroup July ReportEarlier this month, NACCHO’s Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup held its first monthly call of the project year. The meeting started with representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) promoting the content of their latest Second Wednesday Webinar series (July 13, 2016) call, which highlighted information on ASPR TRACIE and the NACCHO Toolbox. Next, the... Jul 26, 2016 | Raymond Puerini |
HRSA/HAB Supports PrEP as a Prevention ToolThe Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has released a letter in support of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a prevention tool against HIV transmission, to align with the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020 (NHAS). Specifically, the letter supports NHAS Goal 1, Reduce new infections and calls upon federal agencies to implement PrEP within their programs,... Jul 11, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Eliminating Viral Hepatitis as a Public Health Threat: The Important Role Local Health Departments PlayMy first job in public health was as a health educator and HIV test counselor at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in San Diego. There, I taught classes on HIV, STI, Viral Hepatitis, and TB prevention to individuals in alcohol and drug treatment programs and offered field-based rapid HIV testing following the class. After […] Jun 30, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Ransomware Attacks on the Healthcare and Public Health Sector: A Message from the Secretary of Health and Human ServicesThe healthcare and public health sectors are vital to the health and security of the nation. These sectors are also increasingly becoming the target of cybersecurity attacks. These attacks include “ransomware,” where an attacker gains access to an organization’s system, encrypts their data, and holds the information hostage until the organization agrees to pay. The […] Jun 24, 2016 | Katie Dwyer |
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