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NACCHO and Local Health Department Volunteers Host Point-of-Dispensing Exercise
On April 2, NACCHO and 51 volunteers from local health departments (LHDs) around the country hosted a point-of-dispensing (POD)...
Apr 08, 2014 | Lisa Brown
Don’t Panic, Be Prepared: Jack Herrmann’s Recap of the Preparedness Summit
The public health workforce often conducts its work behind the scenes, making the citizens of their communities healthier and safer...
Apr 08, 2014 | Jack Herrmann
New Evidence-Based Planning Guidance for Patient Decontamination
A draft of the nation’s first evidence-based guidance for mass decontamination, called “Patient Decontamination in a Mass Chemical...
Apr 07, 2014 | Admin
David Dyjack, NACCHO’s Associate Executive Director, discusses Local Public Health...
In an article which recently appeared in Roll Call, David Dyjack, the National Association of County and City Health Officials’...
Apr 07, 2014 | Christopher Gray
Newly Released IPCC Report – Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and...
On Monday, March 31, 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its second report of a three-part series,...
Mar 31, 2014 | Lisa Brown
The Washington State Oso Mudslide: Response, Rescue, and Recovery
On Sat. March 22, a massive mudslide buried a rural town in Snohomish County, WA, just 50 miles north of Seattle, which has engaged...
Mar 31, 2014 | Sara Rubin
Get the Latest Updates from the 2014 Preparedness Summit
The 2014 Preparedness Summit begins Tuesday, April 1 in Atlanta! Can’t make it to the Summit but want to stay updated on...
Mar 31, 2014 | Admin
Pharmacists Bolster Local Health Department Efforts through the Medical Reserve Corps
In this new issue brief from NACCHO, explore how LHDs can leverage the unique skill set and expertise of MRC pharmacist volunteers to...
Mar 28, 2014 | Admin
Public Health Law Workgroup March Report
This month, NACCHO’s Public Health Law Workgroup held a joint workgroup meeting with the Association of State and Territorial Health...
Mar 27, 2014 | Guest Author
NACCHO and Local Health Department Volunteers Host Point-of-Dispensing ExerciseOn April 2, NACCHO and 51 volunteers from local health departments (LHDs) around the country hosted a point-of-dispensing (POD) exercise at the 2014 Preparedness Summit. Leading up to the POD Exercise, volunteers participated in bi-weekly conference calls and Just-in-Time Training. Volunteers had the opportunity to think through the various challenges associated with developing and implementing a... Apr 08, 2014 | Lisa Brown |
Don’t Panic, Be Prepared: Jack Herrmann’s Recap of the Preparedness SummitThe public health workforce often conducts its work behind the scenes, making the citizens of their communities healthier and safer without them even being aware of it. It is not until disaster strikes that people find out the value of their public health department. Apr 08, 2014 | Jack Herrmann |
New Evidence-Based Planning Guidance for Patient DecontaminationA draft of the nation’s first evidence-based guidance for mass decontamination, called “Patient Decontamination in a Mass Chemical Exposure Incident: National Planning Guidance for Communities” is open for comment through May 19. A short summary of the guidance can be found here. Why guidance for patient decontamination? To respond effectively to an event that involves […] Apr 07, 2014 | Admin |
David Dyjack, NACCHO’s Associate Executive Director, discusses Local Public Health Department Funding for Climate ChangeIn an article which recently appeared in Roll Call, David Dyjack, the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO) Associate Executive Director, was asked to comment on a range of issues related to local public health and climate change, including decreasing funding levels and the need for community-specific public health adaptation strategies. Dyjack […] Apr 07, 2014 | Christopher Gray |
Newly Released IPCC Report – Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and VulnerabilityOn Monday, March 31, 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its second report of a three-part series, Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. The summary is available here, and the whole report can be viewed in its two sections, Part A and Part B. Additionally, there are Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents […] Mar 31, 2014 | Lisa Brown |
The Washington State Oso Mudslide: Response, Rescue, and RecoveryOn Sat. March 22, a massive mudslide buried a rural town in Snohomish County, WA, just 50 miles north of Seattle, which has engaged the local community in an extensive response effort. This devastating event, one of the worst mudslides in U.S. history, piled approximately 15 million cubic yards of mud, clay, and wood across the Stillaguamish River, state Highway 530, and into a community of... Mar 31, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
Get the Latest Updates from the 2014 Preparedness SummitThe 2014 Preparedness Summit begins Tuesday, April 1 in Atlanta! Can’t make it to the Summit but want to stay updated on what’s happening? There are a number of ways you can follow the discussion and highlights from this year’s event: Join the conversation on Twitter by following @prepsummit and the conference hashtag #PS14; Visit […] Mar 31, 2014 | Admin |
Pharmacists Bolster Local Health Department Efforts through the Medical Reserve CorpsIn this new issue brief from NACCHO, explore how LHDs can leverage the unique skill set and expertise of MRC pharmacist volunteers to help further their local missions. MRC pharmacist volunteers’ contributions to local public health were documented as early as the response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Since then, pharmacists have helped their local MRC units and […] Mar 28, 2014 | Admin |
Public Health Law Workgroup March ReportThis month, NACCHO’s Public Health Law Workgroup held a joint workgroup meeting with the Association of State and Territorial Health Official’s (ASTHO) Public Health Law Workgroup. NACCHO and ASTHO members from across the country came together for a discussion of issues relevant to the practice of public health law at both the state and local […] Mar 27, 2014 | Guest Author |
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