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Request for Feedback: Healthcare Preparedness Program (HPP) Capability Refresh
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and NACCHO are requesting your feedback on the proposed...
Jul 28, 2016 | Stephen Maheux
New NACCHO Radiation Resources for Local Health Departments
Radiation preparedness is no longer just a necessity for jurisdictions neighboring nuclear facilities. In fact, there is concern from...
Jul 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Ransomware Attacks on the Healthcare and Public Health Sector: A Message from the...
The healthcare and public health sectors are vital to the health and security of the nation. These sectors are also increasingly...
Jun 24, 2016 | Katie Dwyer
Local Health Departments Get a Jump on Zika
Summer is officially here and with it comes elements that increase communities’ risk for Zika virus: more heat, more travel, more time...
Jun 23, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Summer is Coming: Resources to Keep Your Community Safe
By Elizabeth Brasington, NACCHO Marketing/ Communications Intern Summer is almost here which means more fun in the sun. Whether it’s...
Jun 17, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Summit Podcast Series: 100 Resilient Cities, Part Two
In the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the...
Jun 02, 2016 | Mary Hodges
Summit Podcast Series: 100 Resilient Cities, Part One
In the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the...
May 31, 2016 | Mary Hodges
Local Health Departments Reflect on the Impacts of PHEP Funding Cuts
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...
May 24, 2016 | Mary Hodges
Summit Podcast Series: Lessons Learned from the Attempted Times Square Bombing
In the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the...
May 13, 2016 | Mary Hodges
Request for Feedback: Healthcare Preparedness Program (HPP) Capability RefreshThe Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and NACCHO are requesting your feedback on the proposed draft of the 2017 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities. This refresh consolidates the capabilities from the original fifteen down to four core capabilities that reflect high-level objectives of the nation’s healthcare delivery system. In order to ensure... Jul 28, 2016 | Stephen Maheux |
New NACCHO Radiation Resources for Local Health DepartmentsRadiation preparedness is no longer just a necessity for jurisdictions neighboring nuclear facilities. In fact, there is concern from experts that the threat of a radiological emergency is growing across the nation. Moreover, there are readily available and often poorly protected radioactive materials in use throughout military, academic, research and industrial agencies1. While the probability... Jul 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Ransomware Attacks on the Healthcare and Public Health Sector: A Message from the Secretary of Health and Human ServicesThe healthcare and public health sectors are vital to the health and security of the nation. These sectors are also increasingly becoming the target of cybersecurity attacks. These attacks include “ransomware,” where an attacker gains access to an organization’s system, encrypts their data, and holds the information hostage until the organization agrees to pay. The […] Jun 24, 2016 | Katie Dwyer |
Local Health Departments Get a Jump on ZikaSummer is officially here and with it comes elements that increase communities’ risk for Zika virus: more heat, more travel, more time spent outdoors, more standing water, and, maybe most importantly, more mosquitoes. But through proactive public health strategies – from education and outreach to vector surveillance and control – local health departments (LHDs) are […] Jun 23, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Summer is Coming: Resources to Keep Your Community SafeBy Elizabeth Brasington, NACCHO Marketing/ Communications Intern Summer is almost here which means more fun in the sun. Whether it’s camping, hiking, swimming, or barbequing, your community will be spending time outside, and keeping them safe from extreme heat and vector-borne diseases is critical. NACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have […] Jun 17, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Summit Podcast Series: 100 Resilient Cities, Part TwoIn the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the most fascinating Summit speakers. In the second part of this interview, Andrew Salkin, Chief Operating Officer of 100 Resilient Cities, shares more about this groundbreaking organization funded by the Rockefeller Foundation to help […] Jun 02, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
Summit Podcast Series: 100 Resilient Cities, Part OneIn the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the most fascinating Summit speakers. In this two-part post, Andrew Salkin, Chief Operating Officer of 100 Resilient Cities, shares more about this groundbreaking organization funded by the Rockefeller Foundation to help cities around the […] May 31, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
Local Health Departments Reflect on the Impacts of PHEP Funding CutsThis post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. As the nation mobilizes for a looming Zika threat, state and local health departments (LHDs) are losing the resources they need to effectively respond to Zika and other emergencies at the community level. In March, after Congress... May 24, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
Summit Podcast Series: Lessons Learned from the Attempted Times Square BombingIn the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the most fascinating Summit speakers. Michael Frogel, Co-Principal Investigator for the New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition shares his experience planning for a pediatric mass casualty event after the failed bombing attempt on […] May 13, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
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