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Planning for Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters
By Megan Reeve, Program Officer; Autumn Downey, Program Officer; and Jack Herrmann, Senior Program Officer for the National Academy of...
Aug 21, 2015 | Mary Hodges
Countermeasures Needed to Overcome the MCM Operational Readiness Review
WANTED: Resources to Help State and Locals Defeat the Medical Countermeasure Operational Readiness Review As budget period 4 (BP4)...
Aug 13, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
CDC Meals on Wheels Project Needs Resources to Enhance MCM Dispensing Plans
Trusted community partners are critical to serving the entire community and saving lives in a public health emergency. Meals on Wheels...
Jul 15, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
NACCHO, CDC Webinar Examines Chikungunya Virus
NACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released an archived version of the webinar “Chikungunya in...
Jun 25, 2015 | Lisa Brown
NACCHO Releases New Health and Disability Resources
NACCHO’s Health and Disability program recently released five new resources for local health departments designed to promote the...
Jun 24, 2015 | Katie Regan
Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance: A Local Report from the Front Line
By Jennifer Gutowski, MPH, CIC, Surveillance Coordinator, Philadelphia Department of Public Health The Philadelphia Department of...
May 27, 2015 | Guest Author
Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Provides Local Health Departments with Tools to Kick...
Swimming season is here and all across the country people are donning bathing suits and sunscreen and flocking to community pools and...
May 19, 2015 | Katie Regan
May is National Water Safety Month
As the 2015 summer swimming season kicks off, communities around the nation are celebrating National Water Safety Month. The seventh...
May 05, 2015 | Katie Regan
2015 Preparedness Summit Begins With Opening Plenary on Emerging Threats
The 2015 Preparedness Summit began on Tuesday, April 14, with an opening plenary by Mike Walker, Senior Consultant at the Naval...
Apr 15, 2015 | Mary Hodges
Planning for Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After DisastersBy Megan Reeve, Program Officer; Autumn Downey, Program Officer; and Jack Herrmann, Senior Program Officer for the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy Disasters often impact fundamental elements of a community—physical infrastructure, health, and social services, social connectedness—that all affect the health of its residents. Accordingly, the... Aug 21, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
Countermeasures Needed to Overcome the MCM Operational Readiness ReviewWANTED: Resources to Help State and Locals Defeat the Medical Countermeasure Operational Readiness Review As budget period 4 (BP4) grant year gets underway, many state and local health departments have begun preparations for the Medical Countermeasure Operational Readiness Review (MCM ORR) in their jurisdiction. With many local health departments completing the ORR for the first […] Aug 13, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
CDC Meals on Wheels Project Needs Resources to Enhance MCM Dispensing PlansTrusted community partners are critical to serving the entire community and saving lives in a public health emergency. Meals on Wheels brings community connectedness, social support, and decreased anxiety to the home-bound population [1]. It’s more than just providing a meal! As a trusted partner, Meals on Wheels can help public health agencies provide emergency medications to […] Jul 15, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
NACCHO, CDC Webinar Examines Chikungunya VirusNACCHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released an archived version of the webinar “Chikungunya in the United States.” Marc Fischer, a CDC medical epidemiologist, provides information on chikungunya virus disease epidemiology, diagnosis, surveillance, and response in the United States. View the webinar or access the presentation Chikungunya, a virus... Jun 25, 2015 | Lisa Brown |
NACCHO Releases New Health and Disability ResourcesNACCHO’s Health and Disability program recently released five new resources for local health departments designed to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in all public health programs, products, and services. New fact sheets include: “What Local Health Departments Should Know About the Population of People with Disabilities,” which provides health departments with a... Jun 24, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance: A Local Report from the Front LineBy Jennifer Gutowski, MPH, CIC, Surveillance Coordinator, Philadelphia Department of Public Health The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) promotes and protects the health of 1.5 million residents of Philadelphia, in part through surveillance of over 70 communicable diseases and conditions. Of these diseases, few are considered healthcare associated and traditionally, outside of... May 27, 2015 | Guest Author |
Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Provides Local Health Departments with Tools to Kick off SummerSwimming season is here and all across the country people are donning bathing suits and sunscreen and flocking to community pools and beaches. However, summer fun is anything but if not done in a safe and well-maintained environment. Local health departments are charged with keeping their communities protected through public swimming venue inspections, and a […] May 19, 2015 | Katie Regan |
May is National Water Safety MonthAs the 2015 summer swimming season kicks off, communities around the nation are celebrating National Water Safety Month. The seventh annual event is an awareness initiative campaigned and coordinated by the American Association of Pool and Spa Professionals, National Recreation and Park Association, the American Red Cross, and the World Waterpark Association to encourage safe, enjoyable aquatic... May 05, 2015 | Katie Regan |
2015 Preparedness Summit Begins With Opening Plenary on Emerging ThreatsThe 2015 Preparedness Summit began on Tuesday, April 14, with an opening plenary by Mike Walker, Senior Consultant at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security. Walker’s presentation focused on emerging threats that could have an extreme impact on the public health infrastructure of the United States and beyond. Walker noted the […] Apr 15, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
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