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Fact Sheet: Liability Protection for Public Health Partners

Private or public organizations can play a key role in a large-scale public health emergency by assisting public health in the...

Dec 16, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning, Medical Countermeasures

    NACCHO/ASPR Announce 2019 National Health Security Award Winners

    The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and...

    Jul 31, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

  • Immunization, Training

    CDC Offers Additional RealOpt©, Web-based Training Sessions

    Additional training dates of the virtual instructor-led RealOpt© class on vaccination and point-of dispensing (POD) sites are now...

    Jul 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Emergency Response, Training

    New Dates Available: Strategic National Stockpile Operations Course

    Additional sessions of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Operations Course have been scheduled for August 19 through August 23...

    May 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

  • Tools & Resources, Emergency Response

    FDA Publishes Guidance on Extending Expiration Dates of Doxycycline in Strategic...

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published its final guidance “Extending Expiration Dates of Doxycycline Tablets and...

    Apr 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

  • Awards & Recognition, Community Resilience, Medical Countermeasures

    Deadline Extended! 2019 National Health Security Award Due May 10

    The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’...

    Apr 30, 2019

  • Immunization, Influenza

    Participants from Local Health Departments Needed for Mass Vaccination Planning...

    NACCHO is working with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in an effort to characterize readiness and capacities for...

    Nov 13, 2018 | Raymond Puerini

  • Medical Countermeasures

    FDA Authorizes First Extensions of Doxycycline Held in Stakeholder Stockpiles

    Under the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) April 2017 draft guidance Extending Expiration Dates of Doxycycline Tablets and...

    Sep 11, 2018 | Raymond Puerini

  • Tools & Resources, Medical Countermeasures, Training

    NACCHO Releases Guide for Medical Countermeasure Coordinators

    Medical countermeasures (MCM) coordinators who are new to their role have a particularly steep learning curve to become familiar with...

    Jun 13, 2018 | Raymond Puerini

    • Tools & Resources, Medical Countermeasures

    Fact Sheet: Liability Protection for Public Health Partners

    Private or public organizations can play a key role in a large-scale public health emergency by assisting public health in the distribution and/or dispensing of medical countermeasures, such as antibiotics to employees, employee families, contract staff, clients, and/or the general public. The Strategic National Stockpile has provided a fact sheet which provides information about liability...

    Dec 16, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning, Medical Countermeasures

    NACCHO/ASPR Announce 2019 National Health Security Award Winners

    The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) are pleased to announce the winners of the fourth annual National Health Security Awards. This award recognizes local health departments (LHDs) that have demonstrated significant accomplishments in implementing health security-related initiatives...

    Jul 31, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    Immunization, Training

    CDC Offers Additional RealOpt©, Web-based Training Sessions

    Additional training dates of the virtual instructor-led RealOpt© class on vaccination and point-of dispensing (POD) sites are now available. This training leads participants through the components of RealOpt©, a computer modeling program that determines staff requirements and examines process efficiencies, based on site-specific configurations. With this tool, students will learn to manipulate...

    Jul 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Emergency Response, Training

    New Dates Available: Strategic National Stockpile Operations Course

    Additional sessions of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Operations Course have been scheduled for August 19 through August 23 and September 16 through September 20. This five-day, in-person course is offered for federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial medical countermeasure (MCM) planners and officials involved in the receipt and management of MCMs during a public […]

    May 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    Tools & Resources, Emergency Response

    FDA Publishes Guidance on Extending Expiration Dates of Doxycycline in Strategic Stockpiles

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published its final guidance “Extending Expiration Dates of Doxycycline Tablets and Capsules in Strategic National Stockpiles: Guidance for Government Public Health and Emergency Response Stakeholders.” The document provides guidance to government stakeholders that maintain stockpiles of doxycycline tablets or capsules for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)...

    Apr 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    Awards & Recognition, Community Resilience, Medical Countermeasures

    Deadline Extended! 2019 National Health Security Award Due May 10

    The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) are pleased to announce the fourth annual National Health Security Award! This award recognizes local health departments that have demonstrated significant accomplishments in implementing...

    Apr 30, 2019

    Immunization, Influenza

    Participants from Local Health Departments Needed for Mass Vaccination Planning Research

    NACCHO is working with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in an effort to characterize readiness and capacities for conduction mass vaccinations in the United States. As part of this effort, we would deeply appreciate learning about your experiences conducting or exercising mass vaccination operations in your jurisdiction. If you are willing to share […]

    Nov 13, 2018 | Raymond Puerini

    Medical Countermeasures

    FDA Authorizes First Extensions of Doxycycline Held in Stakeholder Stockpiles

    Under the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) April 2017 draft guidance Extending Expiration Dates of Doxycycline Tablets and Capsules in Strategic Stockpiles, the first two-year expiration date extensions were authorized by FDA on Aug. 22, based on a request received from a stakeholder that tested five lots of its properly stockpiled doxycycline for anthrax preparedness. […]

    Sep 11, 2018 | Raymond Puerini

    Tools & Resources, Medical Countermeasures, Training

    NACCHO Releases Guide for Medical Countermeasure Coordinators

    Medical countermeasures (MCM) coordinators who are new to their role have a particularly steep learning curve to become familiar with their jurisdictional plans, federal preparedness guidance and requirements, organizations that can support MCM operations, and MCM product information. There are a myriad of MCM guidance documents, resources, trainings, and tools and one of the greatest […]

    Jun 13, 2018 | Raymond Puerini

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    COVID-19, Immunization

    NACCHO Recognizes Second Anniversary of First COVID-19 Vaccination

    Dec 15, 2022 | Nicholas Holmes

    Tools & Resources, COVID-19, Water Quality

    Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to Aid Safe Building Reopening...

    Purdue is partnering with NACCHO to offer this online course at a discount for local health departments.

    Dec 04, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo

    Emergency Response, Infectious Disease, Opportunity

    National Student Response Network Linking Volunteers to Health Departments

    The National Student Response Network (NSRN) is fielding the volunteer needs of hospitals and public health departments and aims to...

    May 20, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

    Emergency Response, Infectious Disease

    COVID-19 Alternate Care Site Resources

    ASPR TRACIE has just released COVID-19 Alternate Care Site Resources, a collection of new resources that can help stakeholders address...

    Apr 22, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

    Tools & Resources, Infectious Disease

    AMA Telehealth Implementation Playbook

    During a pandemic, healthcare facilities may need telehealth/medicine capabilities. Telehealth policies help to prevent potential...

    Apr 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

    Communications & Public Relations, Emergency Response, Infectious Disease

    NNPHI Launches COVID-19 Learning & Action Collaborative

    The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) has launched a COVID-19 Learning & Action Collaborative to move beyond...

    Apr 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

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