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NACCHO President-Elect Travels to Senegal to Fight Ebola Virus
NACCHO President-elect Dr. Swannie Jett, Executive Director of the Seminole County (FL) Health Department, left for Senegal on Oct. 2...
Oct 07, 2014 | Admin
Detailed Hospital Checklist for Ebola Preparedness and Webinar
In light of the recent domestic case of confirmed Ebola in Texas, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response...
Oct 06, 2014 | Admin
CDC Confirms First Case of Ebola in Texas
On September 30, 2014 at 5:30 PM EDT, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a press conference with hospital and...
Oct 01, 2014 | Frances Bevington
Are Preparedness Funding Cuts Impacting the Capability of Local Health Departments...
“What if there was a case of Ebola in my community?” With the growing outbreak in West Africa, public health preparedness planners...
Sep 30, 2014 | Frances Bevington
MRC Project September Report
NACCHO staff prepared for the opening of the 2014-2015 NACCHO MRC awards throughout the month of September. The awards opened on...
Sep 30, 2014 | Admin
Changelab Solutions Announces Healthy Food Retail Strategies Webinar Series
This fall Changelab Solutions will be offering a webinar series on strategies for creating healthier stores in your community. The...
Sep 29, 2014 | Andy Roszak
NACCHO’s MRC Awards Process Open Sept. 30 through Nov. 7
The 2014-2015 NACCHO Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) awards process is open September 30 through November 7. This year, NACCHO is again...
Sep 29, 2014 | Admin
Medical Countermeasures Workgroup September Report
On September 8, the Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup held its third monthly call of the project year. On the call,...
Sep 29, 2014 | Raymond Puerini
Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup September Report
The Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup held its September call on Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 2 PM Eastern Time....
Sep 29, 2014 | Frances Bevington
NACCHO President-Elect Travels to Senegal to Fight Ebola VirusNACCHO President-elect Dr. Swannie Jett, Executive Director of the Seminole County (FL) Health Department, left for Senegal on Oct. 2 as part of the Kentucky Air National Guard to fight the Ebola virus. Approximately 60 airmen from Louisville’s 123rd Contingency Response Group traveled to Senegal to set up a cargo hub for organizing and distributing shipments […] Oct 07, 2014 | Admin |
Detailed Hospital Checklist for Ebola Preparedness and WebinarIn light of the recent domestic case of confirmed Ebola in Texas, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) continues to encourage U.S. hospitals to prepare for managing patients with Ebola and other infectious diseases. To that end, ASPR and CDC held a webinar on September 29 entitled, “Ebola Preparedness for […] Oct 06, 2014 | Admin |
CDC Confirms First Case of Ebola in TexasOn September 30, 2014 at 5:30 PM EDT, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a press conference with hospital and public health representatives from Dallas, Texas to announce that test results had confirmed a case of Ebola in a traveler from Liberia. The patient was not ill during his flight to the […] Oct 01, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
Are Preparedness Funding Cuts Impacting the Capability of Local Health Departments to Respond to Global Health Security Threats?“What if there was a case of Ebola in my community?” With the growing outbreak in West Africa, public health preparedness planners across the country are mulling this question as concern grows over the threat posed by Ebola to global health security. This question is inevitably followed up with, “Are we ready?” Sep 30, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
MRC Project September ReportNACCHO staff prepared for the opening of the 2014-2015 NACCHO MRC awards throughout the month of September. The awards opened on September 30 and will close on November 7. All local health departments that house an MRC unit are encouraged to apply for the awards at http://mrcnaccho.org. NACCHO also launched the new MRC Connect application […] Sep 30, 2014 | Admin |
Changelab Solutions Announces Healthy Food Retail Strategies Webinar SeriesThis fall Changelab Solutions will be offering a webinar series on strategies for creating healthier stores in your community. The webinars will look at tools to increase food access in rural areas and increase distribution of healthy foods to small stores, as well as best practices for making sustainable change through policy making. Changelab Solutions […] Sep 29, 2014 | Andy Roszak |
NACCHO’s MRC Awards Process Open Sept. 30 through Nov. 7The 2014-2015 NACCHO Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) awards process is open September 30 through November 7. This year, NACCHO is again offering two awards: a Capacity Building Award, which will provide funding to eligible MRC units, and the Challenge Award, which will ask units to design a proposal for a project that aligns with community […] Sep 29, 2014 | Admin |
Medical Countermeasures Workgroup September ReportOn September 8, the Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup held its third monthly call of the project year. On the call, representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the MCM Link Project which is a new engagement strategy to connect with state and local health departments to provide the most up-to-date information, […] Sep 29, 2014 | Raymond Puerini |
Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup September ReportThe Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup held its September call on Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 2 PM Eastern Time. Ten workgroup members participated in the call. The group discussed its 2014-2015 workplan and finalized the deliverables proposed during the August call. The workgroup discussed three planned abstracts for the 2015 Preparedness Summit and […] Sep 29, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
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