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New Webinar Examines State, Local Stories about Raw Milk
NACCHO last week hosted “Raw Milk and the Public’s Health: Stories from State and Local Health Departments,” a new...
May 12, 2015 | Katie Regan
NACCHO’s Big Cities Health Coalition Highlights Emergency Preparedness at...
By Jasmine Tinoco, NACCHO government affairs/media relations intern On April 28, NACCHO’s Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) held...
May 06, 2015 | Guest Author
New Guidance Available on Shelter Operations During Radiation Emergencies
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released A Guide to Operating Public Shelters in a Radiation Emergency. The...
Apr 29, 2015 | Katie Regan
New NACCHO Fact Sheet Clarifies Disabilities from a Public Health Perspective
“What Local Health Departments Should Know about the Population of People with Disabilities” is a new NACCHO fact sheet...
Apr 27, 2015 | Katie Regan
Help Us Learn About Data Collection During Vaccination Clinics!
NACCHO is partnering with CDC and ORAU to survey members about methods (e.g., barcode and magnetic scanning, mobile devices, paper...
Apr 24, 2015 | Admin
CIFOR Toolkit Second Edition Now Available
A new edition of the Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response’s (CIFOR’s) toolkit for the Guidelines for Foodborne...
Apr 21, 2015 | Katie Regan
Local Health Department Considers the 49th Hour through Long-Term Mass Prophylaxis...
Anthrax response plans, exercises, and assessments over the past decade have focused almost exclusively on the first 48 hours of the...
Apr 09, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
Federal, State, and Local Panelists to Discuss the Operational Readiness Review at...
In the fall of 2014, a sampling of state and local jurisdictions participated as early adopters, completing the Medical Countermeasure...
Apr 07, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
New Webinar Focuses on Legal Aspects of Raw Milk
NACCHO and the Network for Public Health Law last week hosted “Legal Aspects of Raw Milk,” a new webinar that provides a...
Apr 06, 2015 | Katie Regan
New Webinar Examines State, Local Stories about Raw MilkNACCHO last week hosted “Raw Milk and the Public’s Health: Stories from State and Local Health Departments,” a new webinar that examines health department experiences responding to outbreaks associated with raw milk and working with communities impacted by outbreaks, as well as legislating its consumption. This webinar is now archived and available for viewing through […] May 12, 2015 | Katie Regan |
NACCHO’s Big Cities Health Coalition Highlights Emergency Preparedness at Congressional BriefingBy Jasmine Tinoco, NACCHO government affairs/media relations intern On April 28, NACCHO’s Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) held “Short Term Fixes, Long Term Consequences: How Vaccines, Viruses, and Dollars Impact Emergency Preparedness in America’s Big Cities,” a congressional briefing with honorary co-hosts Representatives Tom Price (R-GA) and John Lewis (D-GA). The panelists at the briefing... May 06, 2015 | Guest Author |
New Guidance Available on Shelter Operations During Radiation EmergenciesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released A Guide to Operating Public Shelters in a Radiation Emergency. The guide, the result of a multiagency collaboration that included NACCHO, has been developed to assist with planning and response efforts related to shelter operations in a radiation emergency. The scope of the guide encompasses […] Apr 29, 2015 | Katie Regan |
New NACCHO Fact Sheet Clarifies Disabilities from a Public Health Perspective“What Local Health Departments Should Know about the Population of People with Disabilities” is a new NACCHO fact sheet that helps to clarify who people with disabilities are from a public health perspective, as well as provide health-related information to local health departments. A recent national assessment of local health departments revealed that public health […] Apr 27, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Help Us Learn About Data Collection During Vaccination Clinics!NACCHO is partnering with CDC and ORAU to survey members about methods (e.g., barcode and magnetic scanning, mobile devices, paper forms) used to collect information about patients and vaccines administered (e.g., in an office setting or in a mass vaccination clinic/POD). This information will be shared with other health departments and stakeholders interested in improving […] Apr 24, 2015 | Admin |
CIFOR Toolkit Second Edition Now AvailableA new edition of the Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response’s (CIFOR’s) toolkit for the Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response is now available for download. The second edition toolkit aids in the use of the guidelines, and furthers the ability of state and local health departments to conduct a self-assessment of outbreak detection and investigation procedures,... Apr 21, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Local Health Department Considers the 49th Hour through Long-Term Mass Prophylaxis PlanningAnthrax response plans, exercises, and assessments over the past decade have focused almost exclusively on the first 48 hours of the public health response following a jurisdiction-wide exposure and provision of an initial 10-day supply of antibiotics from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). But mass dispensing of the subsequent 50-day course of antibiotics and administration […] Apr 09, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
Federal, State, and Local Panelists to Discuss the Operational Readiness Review at the 2015 Preparedness SummitIn the fall of 2014, a sampling of state and local jurisdictions participated as early adopters, completing the Medical Countermeasure Operational Readiness Review (MCM ORR) for the first time. The 2014 – 2015 year was a pilot year for the ORR tool and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collected in-depth feedback data […] Apr 07, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
New Webinar Focuses on Legal Aspects of Raw MilkNACCHO and the Network for Public Health Law last week hosted “Legal Aspects of Raw Milk,” a new webinar that provides a general overview of raw milk regulation in the United States, as well as a detailed account of recent raw milk regulations and outbreaks in Utah. The webinar is now archived and available through […] Apr 06, 2015 | Katie Regan |
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