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How Local Health Departments are Preparing for Avian Influenza
By Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO Avian influenza has been a popular topic in the media this past year,...
Jul 21, 2015 | Guest Author
CDC Meals on Wheels Project Needs Resources to Enhance MCM Dispensing Plans
Trusted community partners are critical to serving the entire community and saving lives in a public health emergency. Meals on Wheels...
Jul 15, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
A Standardized Approach to Risk Communications: Challenges and Developments
By Alexandra Jabs, former Local Public Health Policy & Practice Scholar at NACCHO, and current Master in Public Health candidate...
Jul 15, 2015 | Guest Author
CDC Releases Report Summarizing Response to 2014 Ebola Epidemic
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a multimedia report entitled, “The Road to Zero,” describing the...
Jul 14, 2015 | Stella Bartholet
July Preparedness Policy Advisory Group Report
The Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held their monthly conference call meeting on July 8, 2015. The PPAG welcomed a new...
Jul 14, 2015 | Katie Dwyer
Eight Agencies Achieve Project Public Health Ready Recognition
NACCHO’s Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) has recognized eight local and regional health agencies for their ability to plan for,...
Jul 13, 2015 | Madison Ferraro
NACCHO and ASPR Announce the 2015 National Health Security Award Program
NACCHO and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced a new award program recognizing the...
Jul 09, 2015 | Stephen Maheux
What to Know about Summer Weather and Lyme Disease
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health and infectious disease news...
Jul 08, 2015 | Guest Author
NSI Releases Suspicious Activity Reporting Awareness Training for Health Care...
The Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative (NSI) has released Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) awareness training for...
Jul 02, 2015 | Mary Hodges
How Local Health Departments are Preparing for Avian InfluenzaBy Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO Avian influenza has been a popular topic in the media this past year, and the attention on the topic boils down to two primary points of interest: 1) it has affected millions of birds and 2) the disease is similar to ones which have affected humans in […] Jul 21, 2015 | Guest Author |
CDC Meals on Wheels Project Needs Resources to Enhance MCM Dispensing PlansTrusted community partners are critical to serving the entire community and saving lives in a public health emergency. Meals on Wheels brings community connectedness, social support, and decreased anxiety to the home-bound population [1]. It’s more than just providing a meal! As a trusted partner, Meals on Wheels can help public health agencies provide emergency medications to […] Jul 15, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
A Standardized Approach to Risk Communications: Challenges and DevelopmentsBy Alexandra Jabs, former Local Public Health Policy & Practice Scholar at NACCHO, and current Master in Public Health candidate at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and Juris Doctor candidate at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Coordinated risk communication efforts are essential during all stages of emergency response […] Jul 15, 2015 | Guest Author |
CDC Releases Report Summarizing Response to 2014 Ebola EpidemicThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a multimedia report entitled, “The Road to Zero,” describing the experiences of CDC responders to the 2014 Ebola epidemic. The report uses video, information graphics, photos, and stories from the field to describe CDC’s efforts, which include tracing contacts, strengthening health care, preventing infections, mobilizing laboratories,... Jul 14, 2015 | Stella Bartholet |
July Preparedness Policy Advisory Group ReportThe Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held their monthly conference call meeting on July 8, 2015. The PPAG welcomed a new chair – Paulette Valentine from the Southwest Utah Public Health District – and four new Preparedness Committee members to the workgroup. On behalf of NACCHO and the PPAG membership, we would also like to […] Jul 14, 2015 | Katie Dwyer |
Eight Agencies Achieve Project Public Health Ready RecognitionNACCHO’s Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) has recognized eight local and regional health agencies for their ability to plan for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies. Seven agencies from Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, and Tennessee earned PPHR recognition for the first time, and one agency from Virginia achieved PPHR re-recognition status. PPHR recognition reflects […] Jul 13, 2015 | Madison Ferraro |
NACCHO and ASPR Announce the 2015 National Health Security Award ProgramNACCHO and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced a new award program recognizing the accomplishments of local health departments (LHDs) related to national health security at the 2015 NACCHO Annual conference in Kansas City, MO. The National Health Security Award will recognize departments that have demonstrated significant accomplishments in... Jul 09, 2015 | Stephen Maheux |
What to Know about Summer Weather and Lyme DiseaseThis post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health and infectious disease news and information, visit Jul 08, 2015 | Guest Author |
NSI Releases Suspicious Activity Reporting Awareness Training for Health Care ProfessionalsThe Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative (NSI) has released Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) awareness training for public health and health care professionals. The everyday duties and responsibilities of these professionals place them in a unique position to observe suspicious activity that may indicate preoperational planning of a terrorist-related incident. The training... Jul 02, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
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