NACCHO Launches Updated Health and Disability Toolkit

By Meredith Williams, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow The NACCHO Health and Disability Team has launched an updated and expanded...

Mar 23, 2016 | Guest Author

  • Amateur Radio Activities Return for 2016 Preparedness Summit

    The ability to communicate is an essential component of all emergency response activities. During an emergency, there could be...

    Mar 22, 2016 | Raymond Puerini

  • NOAA Releases 2016 U.S. Spring Outlook

    Below is the outlook for Spring 2016 in the United States from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). For more...

    Mar 21, 2016 | Admin

  • Celebrate Spring’s Arrival with Flood Safety Preparedness Planning

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

    Mar 17, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • NACCHO Now Accepting Applications for the LHD of the Year Award

    The Local Health Department of the Year Award values that local health departments are the local stewards of public health—known for...

    Mar 11, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • Georgia Department of Public Health’s Statewide Full-Scale Exercise: How to...

    In November 2015, the Georgia Department of Public Health participated in a three-day statewide full-scale exercise. This exercise...

    Mar 10, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • The Perfect Storm: Climate Change and Zika Virus Disease

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

    Mar 04, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • ASPR TRACIE Releases New Zika Resource

    The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s TRACIE team released a new document entitled, “Zika:...

    Mar 01, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • Strategic Planning and Training for Deploying Capable MRC Teams: An Interview with...

    This is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2016 Preparedness Summit. Lisa...

    Mar 01, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • NACCHO Launches Updated Health and Disability Toolkit

    By Meredith Williams, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow The NACCHO Health and Disability Team has launched an updated and expanded Health and Disability Toolkit. The Health and Disability Toolkit is part of NACCHO’s free, online Toolbox and now features more than 175 resources. People with disabilities make up at least 20% of the population, a […]

    Mar 23, 2016 | Guest Author

    Amateur Radio Activities Return for 2016 Preparedness Summit

    The ability to communicate is an essential component of all emergency response activities. During an emergency, there could be significant damage to communication infrastructure resulting in failures to successfully coordinate and carryout a response. In no-notice or rapidly developing emergencies, cellular communication networks can quickly become overwhelmed and cell phone communication could...

    Mar 22, 2016 | Raymond Puerini

    NOAA Releases 2016 U.S. Spring Outlook

    Below is the outlook for Spring 2016 in the United States from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). For more about flood safety, visit http://www.floodsafety.noaa.gov/. Overview According to NOAA’s U.S. Spring Outlook released on March 17, areas of the country still under water from torrential rainfall last week have an elevated risk of moderate flooding […]

    Mar 21, 2016 | Admin

    Celebrate Spring’s Arrival with Flood Safety Preparedness Planning

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/.  Though the official start of spring is still a week away, the season’s hallmark rainstorms have already begun to fall and raise the threat of severe flooding across the country. Flooding is a risk any time […]

    Mar 17, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    NACCHO Now Accepting Applications for the LHD of the Year Award

    The Local Health Department of the Year Award values that local health departments are the local stewards of public health—known for helping to ensure the safety of the water we drink, the food we eat, and the air we breathe. This award recognizes and honors the outstanding accomplishments of small, medium, and large local health departments […]

    Mar 11, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    Georgia Department of Public Health’s Statewide Full-Scale Exercise: How to Incorporate Administrative Preparedness

    In November 2015, the Georgia Department of Public Health participated in a three-day statewide full-scale exercise. This exercise included the activation of Georgia’s 18 public health district’s Emergency Operation Centers (EOCs) and designated Points of Dispensing (PODs) sites around the state. Prior to the exercise, the health department spent numerous months creating the exercise scenario,...

    Mar 10, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    The Perfect Storm: Climate Change and Zika Virus Disease

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/.  By Andrea Grenadier, Communications Specialist, NACCHO If you were writing a popular novel designed to terrify, you could hardly come up with a better plot device than introducing Zika virus disease. A perfect storm of a...

    Mar 04, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    ASPR TRACIE Releases New Zika Resource

    The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s TRACIE team released a new document entitled, “Zika: Resources at Your Fingertips.” The document provides Zika virus resources and an overview of public health and healthcare system considerations and implications that are applicable to professionals in those systems, emergency management stakeholders, and...

    Mar 01, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    Strategic Planning and Training for Deploying Capable MRC Teams: An Interview with Lisa Vajgrt-Smith

    This is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2016 Preparedness Summit. Lisa Vajgrt-Smith, Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator, Contra Costa Medical Reserve Corps, previews her session, “Strategic Planning and Training for Deploying Capable Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) teams: Our Valley Fire Response.” At this session, Lisa will be […]

    Mar 01, 2016 | Mary Hodges

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