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Long Term Planning for Climate Change: What Local Public Health Should Consider...
Mar 18, 2014 | Guest Author
Water Scarcity: California Drought Prompts Tough Questions for Public Health
Imagine it’s the year 2015. It’s the last year of the United Nations International Decade for Action on water scarcity. Therefore it...
Mar 18, 2014 | Guest Author
A New Agenda for Global Health Security
On Feb. 13, the United States brought together more than 25 nations and international partners across sectors (agriculture, health,...
Feb 19, 2014 | Sara Rubin
NACCHO’s 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments Shows Continued Funding...
On Jan. 21, NACCHO released the report of findings and data from the 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments (Profile)...
Jan 28, 2014 | Frances Bevington
NACCHO Responds to “Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Disease”
Dec 20, 2013 | Guest Author
Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Release...
On Dec. 17, Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a new report about the nation’s...
Dec 17, 2013 | Admin
Public Health Response Systems In-Action: Learning from Local Health Departments’...
NACCHO staff contributed to a research study about the role of health departments in responding to disease and health threats. This...
Dec 03, 2013 | Admin
University of Pittsburgh MIDAS Conference
Date: Oct. 7—8, 2013 Staff Representative: Andy Roszak Member Representative: Pat Sweeney Highlights: The National Institute of...
Nov 11, 2013 | Andy Roszak
National Press Club Luncheon
Date: Sept. 10, 2013 Staff Representative: Jack Herrmann, Samantha Morgan and Justin Snair Member Representative: N/A Highlights: Dr....
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
Long Term Planning for Climate Change: What Local Public Health Should Consider Moving ForwardMar 18, 2014 | Guest Author |
Water Scarcity: California Drought Prompts Tough Questions for Public HealthImagine it’s the year 2015. It’s the last year of the United Nations International Decade for Action on water scarcity. Therefore it is a little sobering to think that ten years from today, the UN estimates that 1.8 billion people will remain living in water scarce environments while two-thirds of the planet will be water stressed. Mar 18, 2014 | Guest Author |
A New Agenda for Global Health SecurityOn Feb. 13, the United States brought together more than 25 nations and international partners across sectors (agriculture, health, defense, development, etc.) to launch the Global Health Security Agenda. The Global Health Security Agenda is intended to accelerate progress toward a world safe and secure from infectious disease threats and enhance our ability to prevent, detect, […] Feb 19, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
NACCHO’s 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments Shows Continued Funding Cuts for PreparednessOn Jan. 21, NACCHO released the report of findings and data from the 2013 National Profile of Local Health Departments (Profile) study, demonstrating continued funding cuts across several programmatic areas at local health departments (LHDs), including emergency preparedness Jan 28, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
NACCHO Responds to “Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Disease”Dec 20, 2013 | Guest Author |
Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Release “Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases”On Dec. 17, Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a new report about the nation’s ability to prevent and control infectious disease entitled “Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases.” This new report shows that outdated systems and limited resources have impacted states’ abilities to prevent, control, and treat... Dec 17, 2013 | Admin |
Public Health Response Systems In-Action: Learning from Local Health Departments’ Experiences with Acute and Emergency IncidentsNACCHO staff contributed to a research study about the role of health departments in responding to disease and health threats. This article, published in the journal PLoS ONE, examines the common themes in health departments’ response patterns that will influence predictions and expectations for the resources and capabilities required to respond to future acute events. More than 120... Dec 03, 2013 | Admin |
University of Pittsburgh MIDAS ConferenceDate: Oct. 7—8, 2013 Staff Representative: Andy Roszak Member Representative: Pat Sweeney Highlights: The National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health created an initiative called Modeling of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) in 2004. After ten years of successful computational modeling on preparedness issues, MIDAS turned its attention to examining... Nov 11, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
National Press Club LuncheonDate: Sept. 10, 2013 Staff Representative: Jack Herrmann, Samantha Morgan and Justin Snair Member Representative: N/A Highlights: Dr. Frieden, director of CDC, reported on the major health issues and challenges facing both the United States and the world. He provided an overview of CDC’s priorities on infectious diseases, food-borne pathogens, environmental health, occupational safety and... Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
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