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Medical Reserve Corps Project November Report
Following the closing of the awards process for the Challenge Awards and Capacity Building Awards, NACCHO staff have been reviewing...
Dec 02, 2013 | Admin
Strategic National Stockpile Project October Report
Staff: Lisa Brown Staff submitted an abstract on the advances in medical countermeasure distribution and dispensing for the 2014...
Nov 11, 2013 | Lisa Brown
Nurse Triage Line Project October Report
Staff: Sara Rubin The Nurse Triage Line (NTL) Workgroup has reviewed a new NACCHO factsheet that summarizes the workgroup’s role in...
Nov 11, 2013 | Sara Rubin
Medical Reserve Corps Project October Report
Staff: NACCHO MRC Applications for the 2013-2014 NACCHO MRC awards opened on Sept. 30 and closed on Oct. 31 at the new...
Nov 11, 2013 | Admin
Public Health Law October Report
Staff: Andy Roszak The NACCHO Public Health Law Workgroup has been discussing legal issues related to family reunification. During a...
Nov 11, 2013 | Andy Roszak
Antiviral Dispensing Project October Report
Staff: Sara Rubin The Antiviral Dispensing Project Workgroup has reviewed a new NACCHO fact sheet that summarizes the workgroup’s role...
Nov 11, 2013 | Sara Rubin
This Emergency Will Be Tweeted: What Local Health Departments Need to Know About...
With nearly three out of four American adults using social networking sites, first-hand reports on social media during unfolding...
Oct 17, 2013 | Frances Bevington
October 1 Government Affairs Update
A partial shutdown of the federal government began at midnight on Oct. 1, 2013, following the failure of the House and Senate to reach...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
Strategic National Stockpile Project September Report
Staff: Lisa Brown In September, staff finished deliverables for the Whole Community Inclusion project and the Department of Defense...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
Medical Reserve Corps Project November ReportFollowing the closing of the awards process for the Challenge Awards and Capacity Building Awards, NACCHO staff have been reviewing applications and preparing to award the application. Design and layout for the Network Profile Study of the Medical Reserve Corps report began in November; the final report is scheduled for release in March 2014. NACCHO […] Dec 02, 2013 | Admin |
Strategic National Stockpile Project October ReportStaff: Lisa Brown Staff submitted an abstract on the advances in medical countermeasure distribution and dispensing for the 2014 Preparedness Summit. NACCHO is assisting CDC and ASTHO in reviewing and disseminating a survey on closed points of dispensing (PODs). This survey aims to gather information on how state, territorial, and local medical countermeasure planners are […] Nov 11, 2013 | Lisa Brown |
Nurse Triage Line Project October ReportStaff: Sara Rubin The Nurse Triage Line (NTL) Workgroup has reviewed a new NACCHO factsheet that summarizes the workgroup’s role in the project. Additionally, the workgroup has also reviewed a Nurse Triage Line issue brief document that summarizes the entire project and how local health departments can become more engaged in NTL-related efforts. The NTL […] Nov 11, 2013 | Sara Rubin |
Medical Reserve Corps Project October ReportStaff: NACCHO MRC Applications for the 2013-2014 NACCHO MRC awards opened on Sept. 30 and closed on Oct. 31 at the new http://mrcnaccho.org website. More than 700 MRC units applied for the Capacity Building Awards, and nearly 200 applied for the Challenge Award this year. In November, staff will begin reviewing the applications. NACCHO signed […] Nov 11, 2013 | Admin |
Public Health Law October ReportStaff: Andy Roszak The NACCHO Public Health Law Workgroup has been discussing legal issues related to family reunification. During a recent call, the Workgroup was joined by Valerie Cole from the American Red Cross, an expert at family reunification. In addition to the workgroup meeting, NACCHO has also released Public Health and the Law: An […] Nov 11, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
Antiviral Dispensing Project October ReportStaff: Sara Rubin The Antiviral Dispensing Project Workgroup has reviewed a new NACCHO fact sheet that summarizes the workgroup’s role in the project. Additionally, they also reviewed a newly-formatted collaborative practice agreement (CPA) resource page. Through collaborative emergency planning efforts, pharmacies and health departments can enhance accessibility of medication and vaccines to... Nov 11, 2013 | Sara Rubin |
This Emergency Will Be Tweeted: What Local Health Departments Need to Know About Social MediaWith nearly three out of four American adults using social networking sites, first-hand reports on social media during unfolding situations present many opportunities for those in the fields of local public health and emergency response. However, local health departments have a long way to go with adoption of social media, with only 8 percent using Twitter and 24 percent using Facebook. Oct 17, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
October 1 Government Affairs UpdateA partial shutdown of the federal government began at midnight on Oct. 1, 2013, following the failure of the House and Senate to reach agreement on a continuing resolution (CR) (H. J. Res. 59) that would have kept the government operational into FY2014. To date, Congress has yet to clear any of the FY2014 spending bills. […] Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
Strategic National Stockpile Project September ReportStaff: Lisa Brown In September, staff finished deliverables for the Whole Community Inclusion project and the Department of Defense (DoD) and local health department collaboration project. Deliverables for the Whole Community Inclusion project included webinar summaries and the guidance document “Whole Community Inclusion and Medical Countermeasure Points of Dispensing Guide: Including At-Risk... Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
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