“Not if, but When”: Experts Share Latest Zika Response Activities

By Andrea Grenadier, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Representatives from major public health organizations addressed attendees at...

May 02, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • Lessons from Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters: An Interview with...

    Coordinated by Susan Sloan, Performance Management Specialist, Whatcom County (WA) Health Department and NACCHO Risk Communications...

    Apr 27, 2016 | Guest Author

  • Using MAPP to Improve Community Resilience

    Over the past two years, ASPR and NACCHO have been working together to identify and test ways in which local health departments can...

    Apr 12, 2016 | Stephen Maheux

  • NACCHO Funds 167 Innovative Community Projects through MRC Challenge Awards

    Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units around the country are in the forefront of creating projects that address public health needs in...

    Apr 06, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • Lessons from Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters: An Interview with...

    Coordinated by Susan Sloan, Performance Management Specialist, Whatcom County (WA) Health Department and NACCHO Risk Communications...

    Apr 05, 2016 | Guest Author

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • “Not if, but When”: Experts Share Latest Zika Response Activities

    By Andrea Grenadier, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Representatives from major public health organizations addressed attendees at the 2016 Preparedness Summit in a late-breaking session that succinctly addressed the threats of Zika virus disease, as well as the latest scientific information and front-line response activities from both states and the federal government. The numbers growing...

    May 02, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    Lessons from Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters: An Interview with Ana-Marie Jones, Part 2

    Coordinated by Susan Sloan, Performance Management Specialist, Whatcom County (WA) Health Department and NACCHO Risk Communications and Information Sharing Workgroup member; Interview by Eric E. Holdeman, Principal, Eric Holdeman & Associates.  Ana-Marie Jones is the Executive Director of CARD – Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters, a nonprofit located in Alameda County, CA....

    Apr 27, 2016 | Guest Author

    Using MAPP to Improve Community Resilience

    Over the past two years, ASPR and NACCHO have been working together to identify and test ways in which local health departments can improve resilience in their communities. In March 2015, three local health departments were selected as test sites for a pilot program designed to test whether “Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships” (MAPP) […]

    Apr 12, 2016 | Stephen Maheux

    NACCHO Funds 167 Innovative Community Projects through MRC Challenge Awards

    Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units around the country are in the forefront of creating projects that address public health needs in their communities. Volunteers play an integral role in assisting local health departments before, during, and after disasters. As a result of budget cuts, local health departments increasingly rely on volunteers to supplement their efforts […]

    Apr 06, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    Lessons from Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters: An Interview with Ana-Marie Jones, Part 1

    Coordinated by Susan Sloan, Performance Management Specialist, Whatcom County (WA) Health Department and NACCHO Risk Communications and Information Sharing Workgroup member; Interview by Eric E. Holdeman, Principal, Eric Holdeman & Associates Ana-Marie Jones is the Executive Director of CARD – Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters, a nonprofit located in Alameda County, CA....

    Apr 05, 2016 | Guest Author

    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

    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

    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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