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The Word on Local Health Departments is a blog by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

NACCHO Applauds the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Updated Hepatitis B Screening & Testing Recommendations

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

Mar 16, 2023 | Kat Kelley

Centering People Who Use Drugs to Address the Syndemic of HIV, STIs, Hepatitis, and Overdose: Winter Exchange Article

The United States is experiencing a syndemic of HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis, and overdose.

Jan 31, 2023 | Kat Kelley

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Hepatitis Awareness Month 2022

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and May 19th is Hepatitis Testing Day. These observances present opportunities to...

Apr 29, 2022 | Kat Kelley

Use of Learning Collaborative Model to Build Capacity of Syringe Services Programs to Conduct Point in Time Surveys

With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in partnership with the University of...

Nov 18, 2021 | Jas Florentino, Kat Kelley

Advancing Harm Reduction through Data Analysis & Evaluation

With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in partnership with the University of...

Nov 18, 2021 | Jas Florentino, Kat Kelley

  • Funding Opportunity

Funding Opportunities for Harm Reduction Monitoring & Evaluation

NACCHO Harm Reduction M&E Funding Opportunity Announcements/Forecasts

Nov 10, 2021 | Kat Kelley, Jas Florentino

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

CDC Releases 2019 Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report

This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released National Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report –...

May 21, 2021 | Kat Kelley

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Webinar: Eliminating Viral Hepatitis in Pennsylvania: Mobilizing Partners and Addressing Syndemics through Micro-Elimination

For Hepatitis Awareness Month 2021, NACCHO hosted a webinar highlighting how state and local health departments in...

May 18, 2021 | Kat Kelley

Webinar
  • Webinar
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis
  • Opioid Overdose Epidemic

Using M&E to Better Serve Your Community: A Four-Part Webinar Series for Health Departments and SSPs

This four-part webinar series explored how syringe services programs (SSPs) can use monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to...

Apr 28, 2021 | Kat Kelley

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Frequently Asked Questions: SSP M&E Software

This page includes in the content of Appendix A in the RFA "Building Capacity for Harm Reduction Monitoring &...

Apr 26, 2021 | Kat Kelley

Partner Articles

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  • Opportunity

Win $25,000 in cash prizes. Share your innovative...

The EPA’s Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local...

Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma

Win $25,000 in cash prizes. Share your innovative...

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Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19...

Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November...

Oct 16, 2023

Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19...

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  • Community Engagement

It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

Celebrate with us!

Oct 12, 2023 | Anu Varma

It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

Calhoun
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Sep 08, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

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Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

NACCHO’s Immunization team has developed the School-Located Vaccination Clinic...

Aug 31, 2023 | Kayla Miller, PHAP

Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
  • Community Engagement
  • Healthy People 2030

New Resource: A Guide to Aligning Healthy People 2030...

To help address the social determinants of health and advance health equity,...

Aug 14, 2023 | Andrea Grenadier

New Resource: A Guide to Aligning Healthy People 2030...

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

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  • Community Engagement
  • Community Resilience
  • Immunization
  • Vaccine Hesitancy

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted what we already know to be true: higher-risk...

Aug 10, 2023 | Dominique Baradaran, MSM, Interim Chief of Community Health, Oklahoma City- County Health Department

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

Brownsville
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Aug 07, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

Cook County
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 31, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 24, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

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