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By Kevin G. Sumner, MPH, NACCHO President and Health Officer and Director of the Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission in Green...
Apr 25, 2019 | NacchoVoice
As part of NACCHO’s efforts to support Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS), which have included participation in the preparations...
Apr 03, 2019 | Rebekah Horowitz
Vaccinate Your Family: The Next Generation of Every Child By Two has released their third annual State of the ImmUnion (SOTI) report....
Apr 03, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Note: This is the eighth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a...
Mar 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
In response to the 2017 Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, NACCHO hosted two Vector Surveillance and Control Workshops in partnership...
Feb 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By Grace McClain, Program Analyst, NACCHO This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Essential Elements blog. Global climate change...
Jan 07, 2019 | NacchoVoice
NACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are pleased to announce the Achieving SDOH Population Improvement in...
Jan 02, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The following Model Practice was submitted by the Florida Department of Health in Broward County. To access this Model Practice and to...
Nov 30, 2018 | NacchoVoice
Looking to make a difference and improve local public health practice? The National Association of County and City Health Officials...
Nov 20, 2018
By Kevin G. Sumner, MPH, NACCHO President and Health Officer and Director of the Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission in Green Brook, New Jersey The effects of climate change are visible in communities across the country, from increasingly severe storms (e.g., the recent “bomb cyclone” in the Plains and Midwest) to more frequent wildfires, record-breaking floods, […]
As part of NACCHO’s efforts to support Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS), which have included participation in the preparations for a national DIS certification program and development of new training courses for DIS and DIS supervisors, we provide scholarships for local health department (LHD) DIS to attend the National Coalition of STD Director’s (NCSD’s) annual STD […]
Vaccinate Your Family: The Next Generation of Every Child By Two has released their third annual State of the ImmUnion (SOTI) report. The 2019 report examines how strong our defenses truly are against vaccine-preventable diseases and what we can do, as public health advocates and legislators, to make our country stronger and more resilient in […]
Note: This is the eighth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a question here. March 2019 Dear Greener Guidance, In our community in Ohio there is currently a concern regarding a groundwater development project and the potential depletion of the aquifer that serves the community. We are looking for […]
In response to the 2017 Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, NACCHO hosted two Vector Surveillance and Control Workshops in partnership with the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The goal of the workshops was to increase the capacity of low-resource jurisdictions affected by the 2017 hurricanes to […]
By Grace McClain, Program Analyst, NACCHO This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Essential Elements blog. Global climate change may seem like a public health threat of the future, but many communities in the United States are feeling the health impacts of climate change today. Both geological and medical sciences have linked climate change to extreme […]
NACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are pleased to announce the Achieving SDOH Population Improvement in Rural Environments (ASPIRE) award. The goal of the ASPIRE Award is to recognize excellence in rural communities that are committed to addressing the social determinants of health (SDOH). Such an approach requires deliberate planning, strong […]
The following Model Practice was submitted by the Florida Department of Health in Broward County. To access this Model Practice and to view the full application, click here. NACCHO is currently accepting applications for the 2018–2019 Model Practices Program until December 12. Learn more and apply today. Broward County, Florida has a population of approximately […]
Looking to make a difference and improve local public health practice? The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is now accepting abstracts for the 2019 NACCHO Annual conference, which will take place July 9-11 in Orlando, Fla. Compelling abstract submissions should highlight the theme, “Improving the Nation’s Health through Public and Private […]
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The Van Buren/Cass District Health Department partnered with the district library to improve community health education.
Nov 18, 2024 | Clarissa Montes
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Nov 14, 2024 | Elana Filipos
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May 09, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
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
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Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
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