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Partnering with Meals on Wheels for Emergency Response
Meals on Wheels as a Response Partner During public health emergencies there are many individuals with access and functional needs who...
Aug 08, 2016 | Raymond Puerini
Public Health Preparedness Landscape: Findings from the 2015 Preparedness Profile...
In May 2015, with support from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), NACCHO developed and distributed the first annual Preparedness...
Aug 03, 2016 | Tahlia Gousse
New NACCHO Radiation Resources for Local Health Departments
Radiation preparedness is no longer just a necessity for jurisdictions neighboring nuclear facilities. In fact, there is concern from...
Jul 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Assessment of Staffing, Services, and Partnerships of Local Health Departments
The CDC just released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) highlighting an assessment of local health departments’...
Jun 30, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Local Health Departments Get a Jump on Zika
Summer is officially here and with it comes elements that increase communities’ risk for Zika virus: more heat, more travel, more time...
Jun 23, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Summit Podcast Series: 100 Resilient Cities, Part Two
In the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the...
Jun 02, 2016 | Mary Hodges
Summit Podcast Series: 100 Resilient Cities, Part One
In the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the...
May 31, 2016 | Mary Hodges
Summit Podcast Series: Lessons Learned from the Attempted Times Square Bombing
In the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the...
May 13, 2016 | Mary Hodges
Partnering with Meals on Wheels for Emergency ResponseMeals on Wheels as a Response Partner During public health emergencies there are many individuals with access and functional needs who may have difficulty retrieving life-saving medical countermeasures (MCMs) at response sites such as public points of dispensing (PODs). Some local health departments (LHDs) have successfully partnered with home service provider agencies, such as Meals on Wheels,... Aug 08, 2016 | Raymond Puerini |
Public Health Preparedness Landscape: Findings from the 2015 Preparedness Profile AssessmentIn May 2015, with support from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), NACCHO developed and distributed the first annual Preparedness Profile assessment to local health departments (LHDs). Amidst continuous cuts to preparedness funding, NACCHO has interviewed members who have anecdotally reported that decreases in funding have led to decreases in staffing, trainings, exercises, travel and […] Aug 03, 2016 | Tahlia Gousse |
New NACCHO Radiation Resources for Local Health DepartmentsRadiation preparedness is no longer just a necessity for jurisdictions neighboring nuclear facilities. In fact, there is concern from experts that the threat of a radiological emergency is growing across the nation. Moreover, there are readily available and often poorly protected radioactive materials in use throughout military, academic, research and industrial agencies1. While the probability... Jul 19, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Assessment of Staffing, Services, and Partnerships of Local Health DepartmentsThe CDC just released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) highlighting an assessment of local health departments’ staffing, services, and partnership. Developed by NACCHO using data from our 2015 Forces of Change survey, the report indicates that ongoing budget cuts and resulting staff layoffs jeopardize the work of LHDs, which remain primary providers of health […] Jun 30, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Local Health Departments Get a Jump on ZikaSummer is officially here and with it comes elements that increase communities’ risk for Zika virus: more heat, more travel, more time spent outdoors, more standing water, and, maybe most importantly, more mosquitoes. But through proactive public health strategies – from education and outreach to vector surveillance and control – local health departments (LHDs) are […] Jun 23, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Summit Podcast Series: 100 Resilient Cities, Part TwoIn the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the most fascinating Summit speakers. In the second part of this interview, Andrew Salkin, Chief Operating Officer of 100 Resilient Cities, shares more about this groundbreaking organization funded by the Rockefeller Foundation to help […] Jun 02, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
Summit Podcast Series: 100 Resilient Cities, Part OneIn the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the most fascinating Summit speakers. In this two-part post, Andrew Salkin, Chief Operating Officer of 100 Resilient Cities, shares more about this groundbreaking organization funded by the Rockefeller Foundation to help cities around the […] May 31, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
Summit Podcast Series: Lessons Learned from the Attempted Times Square BombingIn the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the most fascinating Summit speakers. Michael Frogel, Co-Principal Investigator for the New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition shares his experience planning for a pediatric mass casualty event after the failed bombing attempt on […] May 13, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
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