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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Resilience

New Public Health Workforce Resilience Resource Library

A new resource library offers tools and trainings to help public health workers build resilience.

Aug 19, 2021
By Beth Hess

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  • COVID-19
  • Webinar

Webinar: The Critical Role of Monoclonal Antibodies as the COVID-19 Pandemic Continues

Join this webinar on Thursday, September 9, 3:00-4:00 pm ET.

Aug 18, 2021 | Beth Hess

Webinar
  • COVID-19
  • Webinar
  • Community Resilience

Webinar: “Upstream Approaches” to Build Resiliency: Organizational and Leadership Strategies

Join this webinar on Tuesday, August 24, 3:00-4:00 pm ET.

Aug 18, 2021 | Beth Hess

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  • COVID-19
  • Immunization
  • Influenza

Increasing Vaccine Confidence: A Resource Guide for Local Health Departments

NACCHO has developed Increasing Vaccine Confidence: A Resource Guide for Local Health Departments. The goal of this...

Aug 17, 2021 | Amy Frandsen

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Tuberculosis

New Resource: CDC Updated Questions & Answers About Tuberculosis Pamphlet

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE), released an updated...

Aug 17, 2021 | Kimberly Nalley

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Water Quality

Webinar: Managing Water Risk in the “New Normal”

On September 16, NACCHO will be joined by federal and industry public health partners to highlight trends and resources...

Aug 16, 2021 | Emily D'Angelo

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Senate Passes FY 2022 Budget Resolution

This week, the Senate adopted a budget resolution that sets in motion the Budget Reconciliation process to enact larger...

Aug 13, 2021 | Jackie Weinrich

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House Proposes Investment of $1 Billion in Public Health Infrastructure and Capacity: What it Means for Local Health Departments

A notable addition to the bill includes a new $1 billion funding stream specifically dedicated to expanding the...

Aug 13, 2021 | Silvio Renna

Ending the epidemic
  • Funding Opportunity
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Extended Deadline: Request for Proposals: Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Strategic Planning Consultant

NACCHO will award up to $20,000 to hire a consultant to provide subject matter expertise, technical assistance, and...

Aug 12, 2021 | Julia Zigman

Board Room
  • Press Release

NACCHO Announces Its 2021-2022 Officers and Board of Directors

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the country’s nearly 3,000 local...

Aug 11, 2021 | Theresa Spinner

Made to save
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Immunization
  • Infectious Disease

Back to School Vaccination Week of Action

On July 29, President Biden announced the Back to School Week of Action, from August 7-15. This week is a nationwide...

Aug 10, 2021 | Amy Frandsen, Hitomi Abe

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) researchers are working to...

Sep 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

Alzheimers Disease
  • Press Release

NACCHO and the Alzheimer’s Association Collaborating to...

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

Sep 21, 2021 | Theresa Spinner

NACCHO and the Alzheimer’s Association Collaborating to...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Water Quality

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

On August 12, 2021, NACCHO and AAAS’s EPI Center hosted a webinar on PFAS...

Aug 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the...

Applications for the program are now open from September 9 through November 15,...

Aug 03, 2021 | Guest Author

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the...

  • COVID-19

Investing in Evidence to Inform How to Rebuild the U.S....

Associate Professor, Erika Martin and Betty Bekemeier (University of Washington...

Apr 07, 2021 | Guest Author

Investing in Evidence to Inform How to Rebuild the U.S....

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Accreditation & Quality Improvement
  • Opportunity
  • Performance Improvement

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

NACCHO is pleased to announced the release of three Request for Proposals to...

Feb 17, 2021 | Andrea Grenadier

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

Ci Climate Change
  • Climate Change
  • Health Equity & Social Justice
  • Policy

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

NACCHO joins leading public health organizations in signing a declaration...

Jan 27, 2021 | Anu Varma

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

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  • COVID-19
  • Health in All Policies
  • Leadership
  • Workforce Development

Preparing Your Local Health Department for the Future

If the pandemic has taught us one thing, it is the importance of preparedness....

Jan 15, 2021 | Guest Author

Preparing Your Local Health Department for the Future

  • Tools & Resources
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

Promoting Healthy Weight Success Stories & New Online...

The CHOICES Project at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health launched...

Dec 26, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez

Promoting Healthy Weight Success Stories & New Online...

Water Fountain
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Water Quality

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

Purdue is partnering with NACCHO to offer this online course at a discount for...

Dec 04, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

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  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NACCHO and CFP Seeks New Recruits for the 2020-2022 Food...

NACCHO and CFP are seeking 10-15 state, local, tribal, and territorial health...

Oct 13, 2020 | Anu Varma

NACCHO and CFP Seeks New Recruits for the 2020-2022 Food...

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  • Press Release
  • Climate Change
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize...

NACCHO partners with Children’s Environmental Health Network for CEH Day 2020.

Sep 28, 2020 | Guest Author

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners to Recognize...

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Stories from the Field provides a means for local health departments to share their experiences and demonstrate the value of public health.

Preparedness Brief

The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.

The Essential Elements of Local Public Health

The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
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