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Incident Management Workgroup June Report

The Incident Management Workgroup held two calls in the month of June. The first, held on June 2, included an update on the...

Jul 07, 2014 | Rachel Schulman

  • Public Health Law Workgroup June Report

    This month the Public Health Law Workgroup met with Dorit Reiss from the University of California Hastings College of Law to discuss...

    Jul 01, 2014 | Guest Author

  • Preparing the Florida Public Health Workforce for Legal Challenges

    The term “public health preparedness” is often thought of in the context of ensuring preparations are adequate to deal with, reduce...

    Jun 20, 2014 | Guest Author

  • Medical Reserve Corps Units Promote Mental Health for Community Resilience

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s new Preparedness Brief blog. For more preparedness news and resources, visit...

    Jun 04, 2014 | NacchoVoice

  • Incident Management Workgroup April Report

    In lieu of an April call, members of the Incident Management Workgroup attended and participated in the NACCHO webinar,...

    May 07, 2014 | Rachel Schulman

  • Public Health Emergency Law Minimum Competencies

    Apr 29, 2014 | Guest Author

  • 2014 Preparedness, Emergency Response, and Recovery Consortium

    Several NACCHO staff attended the 2014 Preparedness, Emergency Response, and Recovery Consortium (PERRC) April 14-16 in Orlando, FL....

    Apr 21, 2014 | Admin

  • Don’t Panic, Be Prepared: Jack Herrmann’s Recap of the Preparedness Summit

    The public health workforce often conducts its work behind the scenes, making the citizens of their communities healthier and safer...

    Apr 08, 2014 | Jack Herrmann

  • Launch of the Global Health Security Agenda

    On Friday, Feb. 21, two NACCHO preparedness and infectious disease staff attended the Launch of the Global Health Security (GHS)...

    Mar 20, 2014 | Sara Rubin

    • Incident Management Workgroup June Report

    The Incident Management Workgroup held two calls in the month of June. The first, held on June 2, included an update on the development of Emergency Management Assistance Compact mission ready packages for public health to be deployed and a discussion of local public health’s priorities related to homeland security. The workgroup also reviewed changes […]

    Jul 07, 2014 | Rachel Schulman

    Public Health Law Workgroup June Report

    This month the Public Health Law Workgroup met with Dorit Reiss from the University of California Hastings College of Law to discuss legal incentives for vaccination. Dr. Reiss is working on studying vaccine policy in this country and legal ways to deal with costs related to outbreaks caused by lack of immunizations. Attendees at NACCHO […]

    Jul 01, 2014 | Guest Author

    Preparing the Florida Public Health Workforce for Legal Challenges

    The term “public health preparedness” is often thought of in the context of ensuring preparations are adequate to deal with, reduce vulnerability to, and recover from emergency situations or disastrous events resulting from either natural or manmade causes. However, public health preparedness is also about being prepared to respond to the less catastrophic scenarios and problems that arise on a...

    Jun 20, 2014 | Guest Author

    Medical Reserve Corps Units Promote Mental Health for Community Resilience

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s new Preparedness Brief blog. For more preparedness news and resources, visit http://www.nacchopreparedness.org. By Alyson Jordan, Communications Specialist, Public Health Preparedness, NACCHO Mental health plays a critical role in ensuring prepared and resilient communities. Individuals and families with positive mental health can care for themselves and...

    Jun 04, 2014 | NacchoVoice

    Incident Management Workgroup April Report

    In lieu of an April call, members of the Incident Management Workgroup attended and participated in the NACCHO webinar, “Response and Recovery During and Environmental Disaster: Learning from the Elk River Chemical Spill” on April 22. Workgroup members also conducted a learning session entitled “Managing an Escalating Public Health Incident: A Tabletop Exercise” on April...

    May 07, 2014 | Rachel Schulman

    Public Health Emergency Law Minimum Competencies

    Apr 29, 2014 | Guest Author

    2014 Preparedness, Emergency Response, and Recovery Consortium

    Several NACCHO staff attended the 2014 Preparedness, Emergency Response, and Recovery Consortium (PERRC) April 14-16 in Orlando, FL. The conference examined lessons learned from recent disasters, including the May 2013 Oklahoma tornadoes, the September 2013 Colorado floods, and the March 2014 Oso mudslide. NACCHO staff met with a number of local health department staff and […]

    Apr 21, 2014 | Admin

    Don’t Panic, Be Prepared: Jack Herrmann’s Recap of the Preparedness Summit

    The public health workforce often conducts its work behind the scenes, making the citizens of their communities healthier and safer without them even being aware of it. It is not until disaster strikes that people find out the value of their public health department.

    Apr 08, 2014 | Jack Herrmann

    Launch of the Global Health Security Agenda

    On Friday, Feb. 21, two NACCHO preparedness and infectious disease staff attended the Launch of the Global Health Security (GHS) Agenda, a briefing hosted by the UPMC Center for Health Security, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), and the American Association for the Advancement of...

    Mar 20, 2014 | Sara Rubin

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    Register to Attend a Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)...

    Registration is now open for NACCHO’s (MAPP) 2.0 training series.

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    Preparedness Summit 2024: Join a Focus Group on Building More Resilient Communities

    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 Cognitive Health Guide FINAL 1
    Tools & Resources, Brain Health, Healthy Aging, Healthy Living & Prevention

    New NACCHO Resource: Integrating Brain Health into Health Improvement Planning: The...

    NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, is thrilled to launch the new guide: Integrating Brain Health into Health...

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    Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve Vaccine Access, Education,...

    NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...

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    The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...

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    Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted

    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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