The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.
The Tulsa County Medical Reserve Corps was recently featured in a news story highlighting their excellent animal rescue efforts. Below...
Mar 06, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) is soliciting information to help inform the...
Feb 28, 2019 | Raymond Puerini
CDC has worked with many state and local public health and emergency management jurisdictions over the past decade and a half, and...
One lesson from recent events is that emergencies happen. And happen often. From disease outbreaks to natural disasters to man-made...
Feb 14, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Effective February 12, 2019, ASPR updated the name of the HHS emPOWER Program’s Representational State Transfer (REST) Service...
Feb 13, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), in collaboration with the Office of the Assistant...
Feb 07, 2019 | Shannon Davis
The Journal of Primary Care & Community Health is seeking manuscript submissions for an upcoming Special Collection on Access to...
Jan 24, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
March 12-13, 2019 | Washington, DC (Symposium will also be webcast) The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine...
Jan 18, 2019
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has released the 2018 Preparedness Profile assessment describing...
Dec 20, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
The Tulsa County Medical Reserve Corps was recently featured in a news story highlighting their excellent animal rescue efforts. Below is an excerpt from the article. TULSA, Oklahoma – Out of a thousand emergency response teams across the country, Tulsa County’s Medical Reserve Corps is one of just seven selected for a national pilot program. The […]
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) is soliciting information to help inform the deliberations of a consensus study committee sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The committee has been charged with conducting a comprehensive review and grading of the evidence for select public health emergency preparedness and response...
CDC has worked with many state and local public health and emergency management jurisdictions over the past decade and a half, and continues to provide technical assistance, training, and tools to support radiation emergency planning and preparedness activities. Many state and local preparedness partners have made great progress in their preparedness efforts for these types […]
One lesson from recent events is that emergencies happen. And happen often. From disease outbreaks to natural disasters to man-made crises, the stakes are high: Americans face serious health risks and even death with increasing regularity. Therefore, as a nation, it’s critical to ask, “Are we prepared?” To help answer that question, Trust for America’s […]
Effective February 12, 2019, ASPR updated the name of the HHS emPOWER Program’s Representational State Transfer (REST) Service (formerly named CMS_DME/HHS_CMS_DME_ESRD_onlyAll) to align with the other HHS emPOWER Program tools and resources. This REST Service, provided via ASPR’s GeoHEALTH Platform, allows users to consume the HHS emPOWER Map data layer in their own geographic information...
NACCHO and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), in collaboration with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and the Administration for Community Living, are pleased to announce the launch of the Capacity-Building Toolkit for Including Aging and Disability Networks in Emergency Planning (‘Capacity-Building Toolkit’).
The Journal of Primary Care & Community Health is seeking manuscript submissions for an upcoming Special Collection on Access to Care During Disasters for America’s Underserved Communities. Recent disasters have disrupted or displaced many vulnerable people and similar events are expected to increase in frequency. For this Special Collection, we would particularly like to include...
March 12-13, 2019 | Washington, DC (Symposium will also be webcast) The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine invites you to attend the upcoming workshop, “Challenges in Initiating and Conducting Long-Term Health Monitoring of Populations Following Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies in the United States.” This workshop aims to discuss challenges and...
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has released the 2018 Preparedness Profile assessment describing the landscape of public health emergency preparedness across the United States. The assessment gathers information about preparedness trends and emerging issues at local health departments (LHDs) to provide an evidentiary foundation for future public health...
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PHI*con is a conference focusing on Public Health Informatics, Surveillance, and IT. It will be held July 22-23, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan.
The largest convening of local health department leaders and public health professionals in the United States.
Dec 15, 2022 | Nicholas Holmes
Purdue is partnering with NACCHO to offer this online course at a discount for local health departments.
Dec 04, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo
The National Student Response Network (NSRN) is fielding the volunteer needs of hospitals and public health departments and aims to...
May 20, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
ASPR TRACIE has just released COVID-19 Alternate Care Site Resources, a collection of new resources that can help stakeholders address...
Apr 22, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
During a pandemic, healthcare facilities may need telehealth/medicine capabilities. Telehealth policies help to prevent potential...
Apr 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) has launched a COVID-19 Learning & Action Collaborative to move beyond...
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