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2023 24 Virus Season
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • ID Featured
  • Immunization

Navigating the 2023-2024 Fall and Winter Virus Season

This resource post consolidates key CDC recommendations for this year's fall and winter virus season.

Nov 29, 2023 | Irene Halferty

  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Digest (November 22, 2023)

HIV, STI, Viral Hepatitis, and Harm Reduction Digest: November 22, 2023

Nov 24, 2023

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  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Community Health
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

Local Health Department’s One Health Surveillance Approaches to Antimicrobial Resistance 

NACCHO spoke with two LHDs, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the New York City Department of Health...

Nov 20, 2023 | Jaclyn Abramson

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Community Health
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

Request for Applications: Infection Prevention and Control Learning Collaborative

NACCHO, in partnership with CDC's Project Firstline, is requesting applications for the IPC Learning Collaborative...

Nov 16, 2023 | Kimberly Nalley, Irene Halferty

RFP HAIAR Programs Impact
  • Funding Opportunity
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

Request for Proposals: Understanding and Articulating the Impact of HAI/AR Programs

NACCHO is seeking a consultant to review and summarize evaluation data, communication products, and other outputs from...

Nov 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty

  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

Digest (November 8th, 2023)

HIV, STI, Viral Hepatitis, and Harm Reduction Digest: November 8th, 2023

Nov 08, 2023

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  • Community Health
  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Infectious Disease
  • Research & Reports

[NACCHO Webinar] Waterborne Infectious Disease Burden and Recreational Water-Associated Illness in the United States

A webinar hosted by the Model Aquatic Health Code Network.

Nov 02, 2023 | Rebecca Rainey

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

Webinar: MDRO Containment Strategy Update

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) hosted a webinar on Monday, October 23, 3pm-4pm...

Oct 17, 2023 | Irene Halferty

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • ID Featured
  • Infectious Disease

Request for Proposals: Local Infection Prevention and Control Summit Meeting Planning

NACCHO is pleased to offer a funding opportunity for a skilled meeting facilitator for a large in-person 2-3-day...

Oct 16, 2023 | Irene Halferty

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

A Primer on MDROs: C. Auris, ESBL, CRAB, & CRE

NACCHO created a series of resources on specific multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO) threats to guide preventive and...

Oct 13, 2023 | Irene Halferty

Partner Articles

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  • Opportunity

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

Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma

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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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