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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Tools & Resources
  • Opportunity
  • Training

2024 Vector Control Hurricane Crisis Workshop: Registration is OPEN!

Local vector control programs in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Puerto Rico are invited to attend this...

Feb 08, 2024 | Anu Varma

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  • Vector Control

2024 Vector Control Hurricane Crisis Workshop: Scholarships Open

Local vector control programs in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Puerto Rico are invited to attend this...

Jan 16, 2024 | Anu Varma

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control
  • Vector Control

A Few Tools from NACCHO’s Toolbox in Vector Control and Surveillance

Useful information to help LHDs monitor outbreaks and provide effective vector control practices in their region.

Sep 12, 2023 | Shermeen Rais

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  • Vector Control

Ways Climate Already Changed the Trajectory for Vector-Borne Diseases

A blog in recognition of National Mosquito Control Awareness Week 2023.

Jun 23, 2023 | Christine Phan

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health
  • Vector Control

Forsyth County Program Expands Capacity for Insecticide Resistance Training and Collaboration with Neighboring Vector Control Programs

In 2020, the Forsyth County Department of Public Health (NC) vector control program demonstrated improvements in both...

Feb 07, 2023 | Charlotte Ciampa

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Vector Control

Become Part of the Vector Control Collaborative Mentorship Program: 2023 Applications Now Open

Help build capacity for mosquito and tick control and surveillance programs through mentorship.

Jan 17, 2023 | Anu Varma

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  • Vector Control

Understanding At-risk Audiences’ Attitudes Toward Mosquito and Tick Bite Prevention

A summary of findings now online.

Jan 12, 2023

  • Vector Control

New Infographic Highlights How to Sustain Improvements Made in Local Vector Control

Learn what it takes for local programs and policymakers to sustain recent improvements made in vector control.

Jul 01, 2022 | Anu Varma

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Research & Reports
  • Vector Control

New Report Reveals State of Local Vector Control Capacity in the U.S.

A new report detailing findings from a 2020 National Vector Control Assessment and offers insight into local mosquito...

May 18, 2022 | Angana Roy

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • Opportunity
  • Technical Assistance
  • Vector Control

NACCHO Announces 2022 Vector Control Mentorship Program! Request for Applications Now Live

Apply by February 21, 2022, 11:59 PM PST.

Jan 13, 2022 | Anu Varma

Partner Articles

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  • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
  • Performance Improvement
  • Workforce Development

Register to Attend a Mobilizing for Action through...

Registration is now open for NACCHO’s in-person Mobilizing for Action through...

Mar 23, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier

Register to Attend a Mobilizing for Action through...

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  • Partnerships

Preparedness Summit 2024: Join a Focus Group on Building...

Join your fellow public health professionals for a Town Hall-style Focus Group...

Mar 08, 2024

Preparedness Summit 2024: Join a Focus Group on Building...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Healthy Aging
  • Healthy Living & Prevention
  • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)

New NACCHO Resource: Integrating Brain Health into...

NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, is thrilled to launch...

Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier

New NACCHO Resource: Integrating Brain Health into...

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  • Funding Opportunity
  • COVID-19
  • Immunization
  • Partnerships

Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve...

NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...

Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea

Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve...

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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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