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Member Spotlight: Prince George’s County Health Department, Fostering Local Infection Prevention Control & Capacity (FLIP-CC) Project Team Recognized as NACCHO Infection Prevention and Control Champion

NACCHO recognizes Prince George’s County Health Department, Fostering Local Infection Prevention Control & Capacity...

May 09, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson

  • Food Safety & Inspection

Retail Program Standards Symposium Registration Is Open!

Registration is now open for the virtual Retail Program Standards Symposium to be held June 7-9, 2022.

Mar 29, 2022

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  • Press Release

Fairfax County Health Department’s Acute Communicable and Emerging Diseases Program Team Honored as an Infection Prevention and Control Champion

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), representing the country’s nearly 3,000 local...

Mar 29, 2022 | Kimberly Nalley

Drug Abuse
  • Press Release

National Association of County and City Health Officials Awards New Overdose Response Project Funding

Washington, DC, March 22, 2022 — The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), representing...

Mar 22, 2022 | Stacy Stanford

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  • Press Release

The National Association of County and City Health Officials Announces Grants, Resources to Address Rises in Congenital Syphilis

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), representing the country's nearly 3,000 local...

Feb 28, 2022 | Jas Florentino

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Seeking an RWHAP Rapid ART Policy and Decision Makers Playbook Consultant(s)

NACCHO is seeking a consultant to create materials to support the development of the Rapid ART Policy and Decisions...

Feb 06, 2022 | Jas Florentino, Sabrina Gandy

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  • Infection Prevention and Control Champions

Member Spotlight: Fairfax County HAI Team Recognized as NACCHO Infection Prevention and Control Champion

NACCHO recognizes the Fairfax County Health Department’s (FCHD’s) Acute Communicable and Emerging Diseases (ACED)...

Feb 04, 2022 | Kimberly Nalley

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  • COVID-19
  • Workforce Development

American Rescue Plan Funding Available for Public Health Workforce

Funding is now available through both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of...

Feb 01, 2022 | Jerry Joseph

NACCHO Exchange Fall 2021
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Chronic Disease
  • Emergency Response

NACCHO Exchange Fall 2021: Model and Innovative Practices

This issue of NACCHO Exchange highlights four winning 2020 Model Practices and four winning 2020 Innovative Practices,...

Dec 21, 2021 | Taylarr Lopez

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

Partner Articles

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  • Press Release

NACCHO Announces Ten Health Department Grantees to...

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), with...

May 18, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

NACCHO Announces Ten Health Department Grantees to...

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  • Infectious Disease
  • Community Health
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

This year’s theme for World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5 is focused on recognizing...

May 04, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson

World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

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  • Press Release

Public Health Groups Announce Grantees for National...

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the...

Apr 07, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier

Public Health Groups Announce Grantees for National...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Hazards & Health Effects

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) researchers are working to...

Sep 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Multi-faceted EPA Research Addressing Threats to Public...

Alzheimers Disease
  • Press Release

NACCHO and the Alzheimer’s Association Collaborating to...

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO),...

Sep 21, 2021 | Theresa Spinner

NACCHO and the Alzheimer’s Association Collaborating to...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Webinar
  • Water Quality

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

On August 12, 2021, NACCHO and AAAS’s EPI Center hosted a webinar on PFAS...

Aug 27, 2021 | Guest Author

Responding to Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Food Safety & Inspection
  • Opportunity

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the...

Applications for the program are now open from September 9 through November 15,...

Aug 03, 2021 | Guest Author

NEHA-FDA RFFM Mentorship Program in partnership with the...

  • COVID-19

Investing in Evidence to Inform How to Rebuild the U.S....

Associate Professor, Erika Martin and Betty Bekemeier (University of Washington...

Apr 07, 2021 | Guest Author

Investing in Evidence to Inform How to Rebuild the U.S....

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Accreditation & Quality Improvement
  • Opportunity
  • Performance Improvement

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

NACCHO is pleased to announced the release of three Request for Proposals to...

Feb 17, 2021 | Andrea Grenadier

Improving Social Determinants of Health – Getting...

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  • Climate Change
  • Health Equity & Social Justice
  • Policy

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

NACCHO joins leading public health organizations in signing a declaration...

Jan 27, 2021 | Anu Varma

NACCHO Joins Public Health Partners in Calling on the...

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  • COVID-19
  • Health in All Policies
  • Leadership
  • Workforce Development

Preparing Your Local Health Department for the Future

If the pandemic has taught us one thing, it is the importance of preparedness....

Jan 15, 2021 | Guest Author

Preparing Your Local Health Department for the Future

  • Tools & Resources
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

Promoting Healthy Weight Success Stories & New Online...

The CHOICES Project at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health launched...

Dec 26, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez

Promoting Healthy Weight Success Stories & New Online...

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