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Funding Announcement: 2017-2018 NACCHO Retail Program Standards Mentorship Program
NACCHO, in coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is now accepting mentee and mentor applications (through...
Sep 06, 2017 | Amy Chang
Flu on Call: Increasing Access to Care and Treatment during Pandemic Influenza
Next year, 2018, will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic (the so-called “Spanish Flu”), estimated to have...
Aug 30, 2017 | Erin Roberts
NIAM Blog Series 2017: Increasing Immunization through School-Located Clinics
Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of...
Aug 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NIAM Blog Series 2017: Turning the Tide on HPV Vaccination Rates
Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of...
Aug 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
National Preparedness Month 2017: The Opportunity to Strengthen Community Resilience...
This September marks the fourteenth annual National Preparedness Month, created to raise public awareness about the importance of...
Aug 23, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
NIAM Blog Series: Increasing Adult Immunizations through Education and Outreach
Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of...
Aug 16, 2017 | Courtney Martin
Resources to Promote Vaccination in Older Adults
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as people age, their immune systems tend to weaken over time,...
Aug 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NIAM Blog Series: Leveraging Partnerships to Increase Maternal Immunization
Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series will highlight the importance of...
Aug 10, 2017 | Courtney Martin
NACCHO and ASPR Recognize Significant Contributions of Local Health Departments...
This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Preparedness Brief blog. Local health departments’ day-to-day operations impact National Health...
Aug 09, 2017 | NacchoVoice
Funding Announcement: 2017-2018 NACCHO Retail Program Standards Mentorship ProgramNACCHO, in coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is now accepting mentee and mentor applications (through Friday, October 13, 2017) from state, local, territorial, and tribal retail food regulatory programs for the 2017-2018 cohort of NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards Mentorship Program. Program participants (mentors and mentees) will have opportunities to learn, share... Sep 06, 2017 | Amy Chang |
Flu on Call: Increasing Access to Care and Treatment during Pandemic InfluenzaNext year, 2018, will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic (the so-called “Spanish Flu”), estimated to have killed 3% to 6% of the world’s population. Since it is nearly impossible to predict when the next pandemic will occur, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is conducting ongoing efforts to bolster the nation’s […] Aug 30, 2017 | Erin Roberts |
NIAM Blog Series 2017: Increasing Immunization through School-Located ClinicsThroughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of immunizations across the lifespan. In this week’s post, we sat down with Denver Public Health’s (DPH’s) Alejandra Santisteban, MPH, Program Assistant for the Immunizations Program, to discuss DPH’s in-school immunization program. Tell us about... Aug 30, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
NIAM Blog Series 2017: Turning the Tide on HPV Vaccination RatesThroughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of immunizations across the lifespan. This week’s NIAM Blog Series post takes us to Florida, where high rates of human papilloma virus (HPV)-associated cancers and low HPV vaccination rates led the Florida Department of Health in Broward County (DOH-Broward) […] Aug 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
National Preparedness Month 2017: The Opportunity to Strengthen Community Resilience and ResponseThis September marks the fourteenth annual National Preparedness Month, created to raise public awareness about the importance of emergency preparedness and encourage Americans to take action. Each year, throughout the month of September, more than 3,000 public and private organizations at the national, state, and local levels promote guidelines and resources on planning for and […] Aug 23, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
NIAM Blog Series: Increasing Adult Immunizations through Education and OutreachThroughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series highlights the importance of immunizations across the lifespan. In this Q&A, Linda Baker, RN, Public Health Nurse at the Orange County (NY) Health Department, discusses how her local health department is working to improve immunization rates in their adult population. As a […] Aug 16, 2017 | Courtney Martin |
Resources to Promote Vaccination in Older AdultsAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as people age, their immune systems tend to weaken over time, putting them at higher risk for certain diseases. In fact, about half of the 1 million Americans who get shingles every year are 60 years old or older, and over 60 percent of seasonal flu-related hospitalizations […] Aug 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
NIAM Blog Series: Leveraging Partnerships to Increase Maternal ImmunizationThroughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series will highlight the importance of immunizations across the lifespan. In this Q&A, Carrie Harter, MPH, Director of Disease Control at the Florida Department of Health in Manatee County (DOH-Manatee), discusses the importance of immunizations during pregnancy and the role of local health […] Aug 10, 2017 | Courtney Martin |
NACCHO and ASPR Recognize Significant Contributions of Local Health Departments Advancing National Health SecurityThis story originally ran in NACCHO’s Preparedness Brief blog. Local health departments’ day-to-day operations impact National Health Security across the country. Every time local health officials run a vaccination clinic, spearhead a disease prevention campaign, or deliver life saving provisions to disaster survivors, their work directly contributes to advancing the nation’s health security. In... Aug 09, 2017 | NacchoVoice |
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