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Planning for Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters
By Megan Reeve, Program Officer; Autumn Downey, Program Officer; and Jack Herrmann, Senior Program Officer for the National Academy of...
Aug 21, 2015 | Mary Hodges
Submit an Abstract for the 2016 Preparedness Summit
Abstract submissions for the 2016 Preparedness Summit are now open. This year’s Summit will explore the theme, “Planning Today...
Aug 20, 2015 | Mary Hodges
August 2015 Preparedness Policy Advisory Group Report
The Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its monthly call on August 12. NACCHO’s Chief of Government Affairs kicked off the...
Aug 17, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon
Division of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps Releases Ebola Response...
The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) was engaged throughout the domestic response to the Ebola outbreak, and as of this April, 169 MRC...
Aug 14, 2015 | Mary Hodges
The Mental Health Approach to Disaster Preparedness
By Nora Marino, Health Policy Scholar at NACCHO and current Master in Public Health candidate at the University of Minnesota School of...
Aug 13, 2015 | Mary Hodges
Countermeasures Needed to Overcome the MCM Operational Readiness Review
WANTED: Resources to Help State and Locals Defeat the Medical Countermeasure Operational Readiness Review As budget period 4 (BP4)...
Aug 13, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
CDC Releases Training Schedule for Upcoming Year
Registration is now open for the fall quarter Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Preparedness Course and the Mass Antibiotic...
Aug 13, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
Partnerships between Local Health, FBI Lead to Greater Chemical Incident Preparedness
By Katie Regan, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Whether terrorist or criminal in nature, intentional or accidental, a chemical...
Aug 11, 2015 | Katie Regan
Video Recordings of NACCHO Annual Sessions Now Available
NACCHO has released video recordings of general sessions from the 2015 NACCHO Annual Conference. Presenters, including Mayor of Kansas...
Aug 06, 2015 | Stella Bartholet
Planning for Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After DisastersBy Megan Reeve, Program Officer; Autumn Downey, Program Officer; and Jack Herrmann, Senior Program Officer for the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy Disasters often impact fundamental elements of a community—physical infrastructure, health, and social services, social connectedness—that all affect the health of its residents. Accordingly, the... Aug 21, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
Submit an Abstract for the 2016 Preparedness SummitAbstract submissions for the 2016 Preparedness Summit are now open. This year’s Summit will explore the theme, “Planning Today for Rebuilding Tomorrow: Focusing on Resiliency and Recovery in the 21st Century.” Abstracts are encouraged on subjects such as: Building and sustaining resilient communities Effectively using, producing, and disseminating medical countermeasures and... Aug 20, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
August 2015 Preparedness Policy Advisory Group ReportThe Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its monthly call on August 12. NACCHO’s Chief of Government Affairs kicked off the meeting with an update on the FY2016 Health and Human Services Appropriations, focusing on funding for the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). During this call, PPAG members also heard from NACCHO’s Infectious Disease team regarding […] Aug 17, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon |
Division of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps Releases Ebola Response ReportThe Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) was engaged throughout the domestic response to the Ebola outbreak, and as of this April, 169 MRC units have reported 180 Ebola-related activities. The activities ranged from providing Ebola-related health education, maintaining situational awareness, providing contact and suspect-case screening support, staffing call centers, and providing general epidemiology and... Aug 14, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
The Mental Health Approach to Disaster PreparednessBy Nora Marino, Health Policy Scholar at NACCHO and current Master in Public Health candidate at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health NACCHO would like to thank Dr. Merritt Schreiber, Associate Professor at UC Irvine School of Medicine and UC Irvine Medical Center, Elsie Kusel of Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency, Sandra […] Aug 13, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
Countermeasures Needed to Overcome the MCM Operational Readiness ReviewWANTED: Resources to Help State and Locals Defeat the Medical Countermeasure Operational Readiness Review As budget period 4 (BP4) grant year gets underway, many state and local health departments have begun preparations for the Medical Countermeasure Operational Readiness Review (MCM ORR) in their jurisdiction. With many local health departments completing the ORR for the first […] Aug 13, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
CDC Releases Training Schedule for Upcoming YearRegistration is now open for the fall quarter Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Preparedness Course and the Mass Antibiotic Dispensing Train-the-Trainer (MADT) Course. The courses are hosted by the CDC’s Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS) in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at its Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) campus in Anniston, AL.... Aug 13, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
Partnerships between Local Health, FBI Lead to Greater Chemical Incident PreparednessBy Katie Regan, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Whether terrorist or criminal in nature, intentional or accidental, a chemical incident is a possibility all local public health departments face. Therefore, public health should ensure response procedures and preparedness efforts are in place before an event happens to make sure their community is resilient. As first responders, it […] Aug 11, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Video Recordings of NACCHO Annual Sessions Now AvailableNACCHO has released video recordings of general sessions from the 2015 NACCHO Annual Conference. Presenters, including Mayor of Kansas City Sylvester “Sly” James Jr., NACCHO Executive Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, and Baltimore City Health Commissioner Leana S. Wen spoke on a variety of topics such as the state of the association, the importance of prevention,... Aug 06, 2015 | Stella Bartholet |
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