Smallpox Vaccines: CDC Guidance and Preparedness Tabletop Exercise

By Jennifer Alton, Vice President of Government Affairs, Bavarian Nordic The tragic Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a contemporary...

Apr 08, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Local Health Department Preparedness and Response to Ebola in the United States

    Local health departments are playing a leading role in response to potential Ebola cases in the United States. They are working with...

    Apr 01, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Looking Back to Move Forward: An Interview with Dr. Rahul Gupta

    This is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Dr. Rahul...

    Mar 25, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.

  • NACCHO Funds 43 Innovative Community Projects through MRC Challenge Award

    by Tahlia Gousse, Senior Program Analyst, Public Health Preparedness and Katie Roulston, Program Associate, Public Health Preparedness...

    Mar 18, 2015 | Tahlia Gousse

  • Coordinated Response to Flooding and the Mudslide in Washington State: An Interview...

    This is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Therese...

    Mar 04, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon

  • To Build Health Security, Boost Community Health

    You may not think about it, but there are things you do every day for your community that enhance our nation’s health security. Every...

    Feb 27, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Fighting the Measles Resurgence in the United States

    The United States has recently seen a resurgence in measles disease. This is due in part to misinformation about the safety of...

    Feb 25, 2015 | Guest Author

  • The Impact of Vaccine Hesitancy on National Immunization Rates

    Outbreaks of measles, mumps, and pertussis (whooping cough) threaten the health of children across the United States. Most of these...

    Feb 18, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Public Health and Pharmacy Professional Collaboration Through APHA

    The expanding role of pharmacists in health care and public health has been highlighted in recent years by NACCHO through its...

    Feb 11, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Smallpox Vaccines: CDC Guidance and Preparedness Tabletop Exercise

    By Jennifer Alton, Vice President of Government Affairs, Bavarian Nordic The tragic Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a contemporary reminder that humans are vulnerable to infectious diseases and that preparedness must remain a top priority. But Ebola isn’t the only health threat facing the global community. Other biological airborne threats – including smallpox – […]

    Apr 08, 2015 | Guest Author

    Local Health Department Preparedness and Response to Ebola in the United States

    Local health departments are playing a leading role in response to potential Ebola cases in the United States. They are working with state and federal counterparts and local stakeholders including hospitals, law enforcement, and emergency medical systems. Their goal is to ensure that individuals at risk for Ebola are monitored according to CDC guidance and symptomatic individuals are quickly...

    Apr 01, 2015 | Guest Author

    Looking Back to Move Forward: An Interview with Dr. Rahul Gupta

    This is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Dr. Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, West Virginia State Health Officer and Commissioner for the West Virginia Bureau of Public Health, previews his workshop, West Virginia Water Crisis – A Look Back: Moving Forward to […]

    Mar 25, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.

    NACCHO Funds 43 Innovative Community Projects through MRC Challenge Award

    by Tahlia Gousse, Senior Program Analyst, Public Health Preparedness and Katie Roulston, Program Associate, Public Health Preparedness NACCHO, in partnership with the Division of Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (DCVMRC), has selected 43 Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units to receive 2014-2015 NACCHO MRC Challenge Awards. More than 175 MRC units across the country applied for […]

    Mar 18, 2015 | Tahlia Gousse

    Coordinated Response to Flooding and the Mudslide in Washington State: An Interview with Therese Quinn

    This is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Therese Quinn, Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator, Snohomish Health District, previews her session, “Coordinated Response to Washington State Route 530 Flooding and Slide in Washington State.” At this session, Therese will be joined by John […]

    Mar 04, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon

    To Build Health Security, Boost Community Health

    You may not think about it, but there are things you do every day for your community that enhance our nation’s health security. Every time you run a vaccination clinic or spearhead a disease prevention campaign, you improve health security. Every time you track a disease outbreak or connect people with personal health services, like preventive or health promotion services, you give health...

    Feb 27, 2015 | Guest Author

    Fighting the Measles Resurgence in the United States

    The United States has recently seen a resurgence in measles disease. This is due in part to misinformation about the safety of vaccines in general and the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine in particular. The resulting vaccine hesitancy has led to lower immunization rates, with individuals at higher risk of disease and populations at higher risk of outbreaks.

    Feb 25, 2015 | Guest Author

    The Impact of Vaccine Hesitancy on National Immunization Rates

    Outbreaks of measles, mumps, and pertussis (whooping cough) threaten the health of children across the United States. Most of these vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks have been fueled by deliberately unvaccinated children. In addition, stagnant human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates limit the vaccine’s potential to prevent cancers. Vaccines are the cornerstone of a healthy society—and...

    Feb 18, 2015 | Guest Author

    Public Health and Pharmacy Professional Collaboration Through APHA

    The expanding role of pharmacists in health care and public health has been highlighted in recent years by NACCHO through its Statement of Policy and other publications, and just last month in the National Governor’s Association’s newly released report. Pharmacies share a common mission with local health departments and other public health organizations to serve […]

    Feb 11, 2015 | Guest Author

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