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Apr 10, 2024 | Shannon Duffy
Each month, NACCHO will bring you a new public health book, read and reviewed by NACCHO staff. We hope to provide a well-rounded...
Sep 03, 2019 | Emily Yox
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health is hosting a three-part series on...
Aug 20, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
International Overdose Awareness Day, held on August 31 every year, is an opportunity to do more to prevent overdose and promote...
Aug 20, 2019 | Andrea Grenadier
The CDC Vital Signs series addresses a single important public health topic each month. This month’s release presents findings on...
Aug 12, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Much of the day-to-day work of opioid prevention and response falls to local health departments. To better understand this critical...
Aug 07, 2019 | Andrea Grenadier
July 28 was World Hepatitis Day, and this year’s theme from the World Health Organization is “Invest in eliminating hepatitis.”...
Aug 02, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) titled Injection...
Harm Reduction Coalition released a request for proposals for the Support Harm Reduction & Community Education component of the...
Jun 25, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Each month, NACCHO will bring you a new public health book, read and reviewed by NACCHO staff. We hope to provide a well-rounded reading list that you will find enjoyable as well as informative.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health is hosting a three-part series on the role of syringe services programs (SSPs) in public health. The first webinar in the series was held on July 30. Information about the webinar recording is available below, as well as the […]
International Overdose Awareness Day, held on August 31 every year, is an opportunity to do more to prevent overdose and promote recovery. Events and activities around the world stimulate conversations to raise awareness of overdose and reduce stigma associated with drug-related deaths. In the U.S., the drug overdose epidemic continues to expand, with national provisional drug counts reporting...
The CDC Vital Signs series addresses a single important public health topic each month. This month’s release presents findings on naloxone prescribing in the United States from 2012 to 2018 and county-level naloxone dispensing in 2018. Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Key findings of the report: […]
Much of the day-to-day work of opioid prevention and response falls to local health departments. To better understand this critical role, NACCHO staff conducted a survey and are releasing a new report, “Local Health Department Approaches to Opioid Use Prevention and Response: An Environmental Scan.” The scan surveyed 198 local health departments in efforts to […]
July 28 was World Hepatitis Day, and this year’s theme from the World Health Organization is “Invest in eliminating hepatitis.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 257 million people are living with hepatitis B and 71 million people are living with hepatitis C worldwide. In the United States, only half of […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) titled Injection Practices and Sexual Behaviors Among Persons with Diagnosed HIV Infection Who Inject Drugs in the United States, 2015–2017. Approximately 10% of HIV-positive people who inject drugs (PWID) engaged in distributive injection equipment sharing; nonsterile syringe...
Harm Reduction Coalition released a request for proposals for the Support Harm Reduction & Community Education component of the HepConnect Initiative. The overarching goal of the project is to advance hepatitis C prevention for people who inject drugs by expanding harm reduction services and education through grant-making and technical assistance. Harm Reduction Coalition will be […]
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Mar 23, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
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NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, is thrilled to launch the new guide: Integrating Brain Health into Health...
Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma
Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November 2nd at 2:00 PM ET to learn more about the newly FDA...
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