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CDC and ASPR Release Ebola Concept of Operations Planning Template
On August 20, the CDC and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response released the Ebola Concept of Operations (ConOps) Planning...
Aug 31, 2015 | Sara Chang
NACCHO Launches Pledge Campaign for National Preparedness Month
Preparedness Month 2015: Prepare for Everywhere Each September, preparedness efforts and activities are highlighted and encouraged...
Aug 27, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
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
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 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
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
NACCHO, CDC Webinar Examines Chikungunya Virus
NACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released an archived version of the webinar “Chikungunya in...
Jun 25, 2015 | Lisa Brown
Local Health Department Engages in Pharmacy Preparedness Exercise
By Mary Wakefield, Intern, Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response, NACCHO For most people, visiting a...
Jun 25, 2015 | Guest Author
New Report Details Preparedness Actions for MERS-CoV and Other Emerging Infectious...
Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and UPMC Center for Health Security issued Top...
Jun 24, 2015 | Stella Bartholet
CDC and ASPR Release Ebola Concept of Operations Planning TemplateOn August 20, the CDC and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response released the Ebola Concept of Operations (ConOps) Planning Template to assist jurisdictions in developing processes and steps to prepare for and respond to Ebola. It outlines high-level considerations for responding to suspected and confirmed Ebola patients, detailed references and guidance, and recommendations for... Aug 31, 2015 | Sara Chang |
NACCHO Launches Pledge Campaign for National Preparedness MonthPreparedness Month 2015: Prepare for Everywhere Each September, preparedness efforts and activities are highlighted and encouraged through National Preparedness Month. This year, the CDC’s Preparedness Month 2015 theme is “Prepare for Everywhere” with each week of the month focusing on communities of preparedness, building from the micro-level of preparedness actions in the family setting to... Aug 27, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
NACCHO, CDC Webinar Examines Chikungunya VirusNACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released an archived version of the webinar “Chikungunya in the United States.” Marc Fischer, a CDC medical epidemiologist, provides information on chikungunya virus disease epidemiology, diagnosis, surveillance, and response in the United States. View the webinar or access the presentation Chikungunya, a virus... Jun 25, 2015 | Lisa Brown |
Local Health Department Engages in Pharmacy Preparedness ExerciseBy Mary Wakefield, Intern, Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response, NACCHO For most people, visiting a Costco Warehouse means getting a great deal, but soon enough it could also mean receiving medical countermeasures in an emergency. On June 4th, 2015, the Costco Warehouse in Prince William County, VA, pilot tested a new program to […] Jun 25, 2015 | Guest Author |
New Report Details Preparedness Actions for MERS-CoV and Other Emerging Infectious DiseasesTrust for America’s Health (TFAH), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and UPMC Center for Health Security issued Top Actions the U.S. Should Take to Prepare for MERS-CoV and Other Emerging Infections. The report calls for “system-wide preparedness for potential outbreaks” and urges public health agencies to maintain infectious disease containment capabilities to prevent […] Jun 24, 2015 | Stella Bartholet |
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