Popular Categories
Scaling Up to Meet COVID-19 Vaccination Needs
As a greater supply of COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units are ramping up their efforts to help...
Mar 17, 2021 | Beth Hess
Flu on Call: Increasing Access to Care and Treatment during Pandemic Influenza
Next year, 2018, will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic (the so-called “Spanish Flu”), estimated to have...
Aug 30, 2017 | Erin Roberts
January 2016 Preparedness Policy Advisory Group Report
The Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its monthly call on January 13. During this call, the workgroup welcomed new member...
Jan 19, 2016 | Nicole Dunifon
Flu on Call™ Goes Live at Two Local Health Departments
Although there is no pandemic anywhere in the world now, local health departments are always working to improve their ability to...
Jan 12, 2016 | Katie Regan
Live Testing of Flu on Call™ Overlaps with the Start of Flu Season
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...
Oct 08, 2015 | Mary Hodges
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
CDC Releases New Tool for Telephone Triaging Patients with Possible Influenza
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new tool that could be helpful to medical office and public health...
Jan 28, 2015 | Erin Roberts
Resource Mobilization and Utilization in an Emergency: Pinal County Public Health...
Increasing infectious disease threats mean health departments face increasing resource constraints. To see how local health...
Jan 07, 2015 | Guest Author
Andrew Roszak, NACCHO Senior Director, Honored with Pillars of Public Health Award
Andrew Roszak, Senior Director for Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response at NACCHO, has been selected...
Jan 05, 2015 | Katie Regan
COVID-19, Immunization, Medical Reserve CorpsScaling Up to Meet COVID-19 Vaccination NeedsAs a greater supply of COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units are ramping up their efforts to help administer it. Mar 17, 2021 | Beth Hess |
Flu on Call: Increasing Access to Care and Treatment during Pandemic InfluenzaNext year, 2018, will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic (the so-called “Spanish Flu”), estimated to have killed 3% to 6% of the world’s population. Since it is nearly impossible to predict when the next pandemic will occur, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is conducting ongoing efforts to bolster the nation’s […] Aug 30, 2017 | Erin Roberts |
January 2016 Preparedness Policy Advisory Group ReportThe Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its monthly call on January 13. During this call, the workgroup welcomed new member Lisa Powell, Program Manager of Emergency Preparedness and Response at El Paso County Public Health (CO). In addition, Michele Askenazi, Director of Public Health Preparedness and Response from the Tri-County Health Department (CO) presented […] Jan 19, 2016 | Nicole Dunifon |
Flu on Call™ Goes Live at Two Local Health DepartmentsAlthough there is no pandemic anywhere in the world now, local health departments are always working to improve their ability to respond to public health emergencies, including a severe influenza pandemic. In keeping with this, NACCHO, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, […] Jan 12, 2016 | Katie Regan |
Live Testing of Flu on Call™ Overlaps with the Start of Flu SeasonThis post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. By Erin Roberts, MPH, Program Analyst, Environmental Health and Global Health Security, NACCHO and Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO Influenza viruses cause illness year round, but ‘flu’ season begins... Oct 08, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
Local Health Department Preparedness and Response to Ebola in the United StatesLocal 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 |
CDC Releases New Tool for Telephone Triaging Patients with Possible InfluenzaThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new tool that could be helpful to medical office and public health clinic staff. The tool allows medical office staff to triage calls from patients with flu-like symptoms. Staff can use the tool to decide if their patient should begin taking antiviral medications prior […] Jan 28, 2015 | Erin Roberts |
Resource Mobilization and Utilization in an Emergency: Pinal County Public Health Services DistrictIncreasing infectious disease threats mean health departments face increasing resource constraints. To see how local health departments are managing different pressures, NACCHO Policy Scholar, Pooja Kothari, spoke with Kore Redden, the Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Administrator for Pinal County Public Health Services District (AZ). Redden discusses how Pinal County is... Jan 07, 2015 | Guest Author |
Andrew Roszak, NACCHO Senior Director, Honored with Pillars of Public Health AwardAndrew Roszak, Senior Director for Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response at NACCHO, has been selected to receive a 2015 “Pillars of Public Health Award” from the City of El Paso Department of Public Health. NACCHO congratulates Roszak on this honor. “The mission of NACCHO is to be a leader, partner, catalyst and voice […] Jan 05, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Subscribe Today
Sign Up for the E-mail Digests
Create an account or login to MyNACCHO and go to "My Subscriptions."
SUBSCRIBE NOW
