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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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  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Immunization
  • Influenza

National Influenza Vaccination Week - #FightFlu: Protecting Our Adult Communities from Influenza Through Vaccination

National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) is a reminder to all Americans six months and older to get their annual flu...

Dec 04, 2023 | Victoria Thompson, Clarissa Montes

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  • COVID-19
  • Funding Opportunity
  • Tools & Resources
  • Opportunity

Request for Proposals to Develop Training Tools and Resources to Support Data Sharing in Local Health Departments

NACCHO is offering a funding opportunity for a consultant(s) to provide expert training and technical assistance to...

Dec 01, 2023 | Andrea Grenadier

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Health Ethics & Law
  • Performance Improvement

Request for Proposals (RFP) to Develop Training, Tools, and Resources to Increase Awareness of Health Equity Ethics in Local Health Departments

NACCHO is pleased to offer a funding opportunity for a consultant(s) to provide expert training and technical...

Dec 01, 2023 | Andrea Grenadier

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  • COVID-19
  • Medical Reserve Corps
  • Research & Reports

Celebrating Two Decades of Service! NACCHO releases the 2022 Network Profile of the Medical Reserve Corps

This new report shows that while MRC volunteers contributed over 1.1 million hours of service across the country,...

Nov 21, 2023 | Laura Biesiadecki

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  • Opportunity

Win $25,000 in cash prizes. Share your innovative strategies for engaging with rural communities to collaboratively identify environmental health needs!

The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative...

Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma

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  • Webinar
  • Community Health
  • Rural and Frontier Health
  • Rural Health

NACCHO Recognizes Rural Health Day on November 16

In this Rural Café, you will have the opportunity to engage with your peers to gain a deeper understanding of...

Nov 07, 2023 | Andrea Grenadier

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  • Technology

Cyber Threats Pose a Public Health Risk – A Public-Private Partnership Prescription 

In recognition of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, learn about new and evolving threats.

Oct 13, 2023

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Injury and Violence Prevention
  • Rural and Frontier Health
  • Rural Health

RFP: Overdose Prevention and Response - Understanding the Needs of Rural Communities

NACCHO is seeking a qualified consultant to conduct a series of activities aimed at better understanding and amplifying...

Oct 05, 2023 | Madeline Masog

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Global Health
  • Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health
  • Rural and Frontier Health

NACCHO Summer Exchange 2023: National Health Security Strategy

The Summer 2023 issue of NACCHO Exchange focuses on the National Health Security Strategy.

Sep 29, 2023 | Jessica Pryor

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Journal Supplement Highlights Lessons for Public Health Preparedness from COVID-19

Special open-access journal supplement features 14 papers, all of which are available online.

Sep 28, 2023 | Beth Hess

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

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  • 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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