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Apr 10, 2024 | Shannon Duffy
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has announced that George T. Roberts, Jr. , MHA, FACHE, CEO of...
Jul 02, 2020 | NacchoVoice
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the country’s nearly 3,000 local health...
Mar 24, 2020 | Theresa Spinner
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease deaths worldwide. In the United States, a total of...
Mar 24, 2020 | Christina Baum
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new practice guidelines for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant...
Nov 19, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease deaths worldwide, and in the United States, eliminating TB...
Oct 17, 2019 | Andrea Grenadier
Despite the availability of screening and treatment, tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease...
Sep 03, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO’s Member Spotlight series features interviews with local health department leaders and staff about their careers in public...
Jun 06, 2019 | NacchoVoice
Each year organizations across the globe recognize March 24 as World TB Day to commemorate the discovery of the bacterium that causes...
Apr 09, 2019 | Erin Laird
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has announced that George T. Roberts, Jr. , MHA, FACHE, CEO of the Northeast Texas Public Health District, is now Immediate Past President of the NACCHO Board of Directors.
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the country’s nearly 3,000 local health departments, released the following statement in observance of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24, 2020.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease deaths worldwide. In the United States, a total of 9,029 new cases of TB were reported in 2018, and it is estimated that up to 13 million individuals are living with latent TB infection. Multidrug resistant TB is a growing global threat and, while still […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new practice guidelines for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The guidelines were developed by CDC, the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the European Respiratory Society. The […]
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease deaths worldwide, and in the United States, eliminating TB is a national public health goal.
Despite the availability of screening and treatment, tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease deaths worldwide and disproportionately affects vulnerable populations.
NACCHO’s Member Spotlight series features interviews with local health department leaders and staff about their careers in public health. This interview features Emily Brown, MPH, CPH, Health Director for the Rio Grande County Public Health in Colorado. Below she highlights the importance of rural health being represented in all levels of government and shares how […]
Each year organizations across the globe recognize March 24 as World TB Day to commemorate the discovery of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), raise awareness about the impacts of TB, and highlight opportunities to combat this disease. This year’s theme, “It’s Time,” urged leaders worldwide to commit to taking action to address TB. NACCHO […]
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