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Grant Opportunity Available: HPP and PHEP Cooperative Agreements
The notice for the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) and Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreements has been...
Mar 19, 2014 | Admin
Hospital Preparedness Program Budget Cuts Could Jeopardize Gains Made in Healthcare...
On Jan. 17, President Obama signed into law a Federal spending bill that included a cut of over $100 million to the Health and Human...
Mar 11, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
Radiation and Local Public Health
The relationship between radiation and health is a large and varied topic. The health effects of radiation exposure are influenced by...
Mar 05, 2014 | Guest Author
Medical Countermeasures Workgroup February Report
The Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup held their monthly meeting on Feb. 10. Brooke Courtney from the Food and Drug...
Mar 03, 2014 | Lisa Brown
Mid-Atlantic Kicks Off Severe Weather Preparedness Week with Rare March Snowstorm
Here in Washington, D.C., a rare late-winter snowstorm is currently wrecking havoc at the start of Severe Weather Preparedness week...
Mar 03, 2014 | Stacy Stanford
NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer Core Competency Advisory Workgroup
Given the expansion of the strategic vision of the MRC to include both preparedness/response and routine public health activities and...
Feb 28, 2014 | Kim Grimmick
Incident Management Workgroup February Report
The Incident Management Workgroup held its monthly call on February 24. Workgroup members discussed a draft of a policy statement on...
Feb 26, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
NACCHO Hosts George Washington University Students for Policy Scholars Program
Over the past several months, NACCHO staff have developed a Policy Scholars Program that provides graduate-level students with the...
Feb 11, 2014 | Sara Rubin
The Atlanta “Snowpocalypse”–The Case for Preparedness Training for Rare Weather...
For U.S. cities like Albany and Green Bay that are accustomed to winters of low temperatures and high snow drifts, two inches of snow...
Feb 05, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
Grant Opportunity Available: HPP and PHEP Cooperative AgreementsThe notice for the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) and Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreements has been published on Grants.gov here. These grants are offered through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response/National Healthcare Preparedness Programs and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Office of Public Health Preparedness and... Mar 19, 2014 | Admin |
Hospital Preparedness Program Budget Cuts Could Jeopardize Gains Made in Healthcare and Public Health PreparednessOn Jan. 17, President Obama signed into law a Federal spending bill that included a cut of over $100 million to the Health and Human Services’ Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP). That equals nearly a 30 percent reduction in a program specifically aimed at strengthening healthcare preparedness for public health emergencies. These cuts could have severe and dire consequences on the ability of... Mar 11, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
Radiation and Local Public HealthThe relationship between radiation and health is a large and varied topic. The health effects of radiation exposure are influenced by the dose of exposure, the type of radioactive material involved in the exposure, the exposure pathway, and the duration of the exposure and can be de minimis or can produce severe immediate and delayed […] Mar 05, 2014 | Guest Author |
Medical Countermeasures Workgroup February ReportThe Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup held their monthly meeting on Feb. 10. Brooke Courtney from the Food and Drug Administration fielded questions from the workgroup members about the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA) MCM Frequently Asked Questions document. Steve Adams from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided an overview on the... Mar 03, 2014 | Lisa Brown |
Mid-Atlantic Kicks Off Severe Weather Preparedness Week with Rare March SnowstormHere in Washington, D.C., a rare late-winter snowstorm is currently wrecking havoc at the start of Severe Weather Preparedness week (March 2-8), a public education effort organized by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) aimed at improving the way people prepare for and respond to severe weather. Mar 03, 2014 | Stacy Stanford |
NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer Core Competency Advisory WorkgroupGiven the expansion of the strategic vision of the MRC to include both preparedness/response and routine public health activities and advancements in the field of core competencies, NACCHO convened an ad-hoc workgroup in New Orleans on Tuesday, Feb. 25 and Wednesday, Feb. 26. During this interactive workshop, the 10 members of NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) […] Feb 28, 2014 | Kim Grimmick |
Incident Management Workgroup February ReportThe Incident Management Workgroup held its monthly call on February 24. Workgroup members discussed a draft of a policy statement on local workforce development and training for emergency preparedness. NACCHO staff will incorporate their feedback into a final draft prior to the next call. Updates were also provided on different workgroup deliverables, including the […] Feb 26, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
NACCHO Hosts George Washington University Students for Policy Scholars ProgramOver the past several months, NACCHO staff have developed a Policy Scholars Program that provides graduate-level students with the opportunity to draft policy statements on behalf of NACCHO, work with staff members to receive feedback, and then present the statement to the appropriate NACCHO workgroup for review. Students have the opportunity to learn about a […] Feb 11, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
The Atlanta “Snowpocalypse”–The Case for Preparedness Training for Rare Weather EventsFor U.S. cities like Albany and Green Bay that are accustomed to winters of low temperatures and high snow drifts, two inches of snow is barely cause for concern. In the warmer cities of the south, however, what may seem like a minor weather event can be a major disruption to the community. Atlanta found […] Feb 05, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
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