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Apply for Emerging Threats (Hepatitis C, Syphilis and/or Zika) Field Support for...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is soliciting applications from local health departments (LHDs) that would like...

Oct 28, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

  • Immunization, Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

    CDC Releases Maternal Immunization Vital Signs Report

    Today, CDC released its October 2019 Vital Signs Report, & Burden and Prevention of Influenza and Pertussis Among U.S. Pregnant Women...

    Oct 08, 2019 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott

  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Research & Reports

    2018 STD Surveillance Report: STIs Rates Rapidly Increased Again

    On October 8, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Surveillance...

    Oct 08, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

  • Epidemiology, Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health, Opioid Overdose Epidemic

    RFP: Maternal and Infant Network to Understand Outcomes Associated with Treatment...

    The Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) has announced a request for proposals (RFP) in collaboration with the Centers for...

    Sep 26, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

  • Awards & Recognition

    NACCHO Announces 2019 Model Practice Award Winners

    The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) named its 2019 Model Practice Award Winners, an annual...

    May 28, 2019 | NacchoVoice

  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    STD Awareness Month 2019: “Talk. Test. Treat.” – A Strategy to Reduce STDs

    As has been repeated throughout STD Awareness Month, the rates of the three reportable STDs (syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia) are...

    Apr 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    STD Awareness Month 2019: Stomping Out Syphilis at the Local Level

    Did you know that in 2000, rates of syphilis reached historic lows in the United States? Since 2013, syphilis rates have increased in...

    Apr 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    LA County and Planned Parenthood to Open 50 High School Sexual Health & Well-Being Centers

    Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and Planned Parenthood Los Angeles have partnered on a new initiative to open 50 health centers in Los Angeles County schools that offer a range of birth control options, HIV/STI testing, pregnancy testing and referrals, and stress and mental health support. The program, which will also train hundreds […]

    Dec 17, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    Breastfeeding, Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

    Increasing Breastfeeding Support at Erie Family Health Centers

    By Misty Romero, BA, RN, IBCLC and Hrishikesh T. Shetty, Institutional Giving Manager, Erie Family Health Centers  Through NACCHO’s Building a Breastfeeding Support Model for Community Health Centers’ eight-month project, Erie Family Health Centers, a community health center network comprising 13 sites, was able to standardize and improve breastfeeding support throughout the organization and make...

    Nov 05, 2019 | Guest Author

    Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health, Opportunity

    Apply for Emerging Threats (Hepatitis C, Syphilis and/or Zika) Field Support for Local Health Departments

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is soliciting applications from local health departments (LHDs) that would like to receive supplemental contractual field support in communities that have high burden and risk for pregnant women (or children born to mothers) with hepatitis C, syphilis, and Zika virus and could use additional support.

    Oct 28, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    Immunization, Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

    CDC Releases Maternal Immunization Vital Signs Report

    Today, CDC released its October 2019 Vital Signs Report, & Burden and Prevention of Influenza and Pertussis Among U.S. Pregnant Women and Infants. This report includes the latest findings on influenza and Tdap (whooping cough) vaccination rates among pregnant women. 

    Oct 08, 2019 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Research & Reports

    2018 STD Surveillance Report: STIs Rates Rapidly Increased Again

    On October 8, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Surveillance Report, 2018. Devastatingly, rates of reportable STDs, syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea, surged for the fifth year in a row.

    Oct 08, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    Epidemiology, Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health, Opioid Overdose Epidemic

    RFP: Maternal and Infant Network to Understand Outcomes Associated with Treatment for Opioid Use During Pregnancy

    The Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) has announced a request for proposals (RFP) in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the Maternal and Infant Network to Understand Outcomes Associated with Treatment for Opioid Use During Pregnancy (MAT-LINK).

    Sep 26, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    Awards & Recognition

    NACCHO Announces 2019 Model Practice Award Winners

    The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) named its 2019 Model Practice Award Winners, an annual recognition of programs demonstrating exemplary and replicable qualities in response to a critical local public health need. This year, 53 outstanding local health department programs have received this recognition, addressing a broad range of public health […]

    May 28, 2019 | NacchoVoice

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    STD Awareness Month 2019: “Talk. Test. Treat.” – A Strategy to Reduce STDs

    As has been repeated throughout STD Awareness Month, the rates of the three reportable STDs (syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia) are on the rise. And that includes rates of congenital syphilis—spread from a pregnant person to their fetus—which have more than doubled in the last four years to 918 reported cases in the most recent data […]

    Apr 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    STD Awareness Month 2019: Stomping Out Syphilis at the Local Level

    Did you know that in 2000, rates of syphilis reached historic lows in the United States? Since 2013, syphilis rates have increased in every region and in almost every race/ethnicity and age group across the U.S., and in 2017, more than 100,000 cases of syphilis in the U.S. were reported to the CDC. Rates of early […]

    Apr 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

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    Register to Attend a Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)...

    Registration is now open for NACCHO’s (MAPP) 2.0 training series.

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    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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    NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, is thrilled to launch the new guide: Integrating Brain Health into Health...

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    NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...

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    Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November 2nd at 2:00 PM ET to learn more about the newly FDA...

    Oct 16, 2023

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