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Medical Reserve Corps Units Join Preparedness Month Efforts
Like many organizations, the volunteers of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) are taking action in their communities during National...
Sep 23, 2015 | Mary Hodges
Resources Available for National Food Safety Month 2015
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...
Sep 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges
Incorporating At-Risk Populations into Medical Countermeasure Planning
Defining “At-Risk” Populations When asked to define which population groups are included under the “at-risk population”...
Sep 15, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
Apply for the National Health Security Award!
By Stephen Maheux, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO At NACCHO Annual 2015, Dr. Lisa Kaplowitz from the Office of the Assistant Secretary...
Sep 01, 2015 | Mary Hodges
CDC and ASPR Release Ebola Concept of Operations Planning Template
On August 20, the CDC and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response released the Ebola Concept of Operations (ConOps) Planning...
Aug 31, 2015 | Sara Chang
NACCHO Launches Roadmap to Ready Webpage
NACCHO is happy to announce the launch of the Roadmap to Ready Program webpage! Roadmap to Ready is a training and mentoring program...
Aug 31, 2015 | Madison Ferraro
NACCHO Launches Pledge Campaign for National Preparedness Month
Preparedness Month 2015: Prepare for Everywhere Each September, preparedness efforts and activities are highlighted and encouraged...
Aug 27, 2015 | Raymond Puerini
August 2015 Preparedness Policy Advisory Group Report
The Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its monthly call on August 12. NACCHO’s Chief of Government Affairs kicked off the...
Aug 17, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon
The Mental Health Approach to Disaster Preparedness
By Nora Marino, Health Policy Scholar at NACCHO and current Master in Public Health candidate at the University of Minnesota School of...
Aug 13, 2015 | Mary Hodges
Medical Reserve Corps Units Join Preparedness Month EffortsLike many organizations, the volunteers of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) are taking action in their communities during National Preparedness Month. The MRC is a national group of local volunteers whose mission is to improve the health, safety, and resiliency of their communities. A huge part of that mission, is to make the counties and […] Sep 23, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
Resources Available for National Food Safety Month 2015This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. By Katie Regan, Communications Specialist, NACCHO For much of the general public, the local health department is the place that inspects restaurants and assigns letter grades based on cleanliness. In reality, of course, the... Sep 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
Incorporating At-Risk Populations into Medical Countermeasure PlanningDefining “At-Risk” Populations When asked to define which population groups are included under the “at-risk population” umbrella in a jurisdiction, the answers could vary greatly from person to person. There are a wide variety of public health preparedness planning considerations that need to be met to ensure specific at-risk groups get access to emergency information and […] Sep 15, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
Apply for the National Health Security Award!By Stephen Maheux, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO At NACCHO Annual 2015, Dr. Lisa Kaplowitz from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced a new award program recognizing the accomplishments of local health departments related to national health security. The National Health Security Award will recognize departments that have demonstrated significant... Sep 01, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
CDC and ASPR Release Ebola Concept of Operations Planning TemplateOn August 20, the CDC and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response released the Ebola Concept of Operations (ConOps) Planning Template to assist jurisdictions in developing processes and steps to prepare for and respond to Ebola. It outlines high-level considerations for responding to suspected and confirmed Ebola patients, detailed references and guidance, and recommendations for... Aug 31, 2015 | Sara Chang |
NACCHO Launches Roadmap to Ready WebpageNACCHO is happy to announce the launch of the Roadmap to Ready Program webpage! Roadmap to Ready is a training and mentoring program to help new emergency preparedness coordinators navigate the complex landscape of public health preparedness. The program provides new preparedness coordinators with the knowledge, skills, connections, and resources they need to successfully prepare […] Aug 31, 2015 | Madison Ferraro |
NACCHO Launches Pledge Campaign for National Preparedness MonthPreparedness Month 2015: Prepare for Everywhere Each September, preparedness efforts and activities are highlighted and encouraged through National Preparedness Month. This year, the CDC’s Preparedness Month 2015 theme is “Prepare for Everywhere” with each week of the month focusing on communities of preparedness, building from the micro-level of preparedness actions in the family setting to... Aug 27, 2015 | Raymond Puerini |
August 2015 Preparedness Policy Advisory Group ReportThe Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its monthly call on August 12. NACCHO’s Chief of Government Affairs kicked off the meeting with an update on the FY2016 Health and Human Services Appropriations, focusing on funding for the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). During this call, PPAG members also heard from NACCHO’s Infectious Disease team regarding […] Aug 17, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon |
The Mental Health Approach to Disaster PreparednessBy Nora Marino, Health Policy Scholar at NACCHO and current Master in Public Health candidate at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health NACCHO would like to thank Dr. Merritt Schreiber, Associate Professor at UC Irvine School of Medicine and UC Irvine Medical Center, Elsie Kusel of Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency, Sandra […] Aug 13, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
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