The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has spent the last year working with partners from across...
Sep 28, 2018
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and...
NACCHO, in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, recently invited your agency to contribute to the advancement...
Sep 27, 2018
In this week’s Podcast from Washington, Eli Briggs and Ian Goldstein discuss the FY2019 Appropriations bills passed by the...
Sep 18, 2018
As of 9/26/18 NACCHO deactivated its incident command for hurricane Florence. We continue to engage with federal and local partners on...
Sep 13, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
The CDC issued a Bulletin on September 13, 2018 regarding an outbreak of Ebola in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The...
Under the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) April 2017 draft guidance Extending Expiration Dates of Doxycycline Tablets and...
Sep 11, 2018 | Raymond Puerini
NACCHO, in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, invites your agency to contribute to the advancement of our...
Sep 06, 2018
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting that Hurricane Lane may impact the Hawaiian Islands at the...
Aug 21, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has spent the last year working with partners from across Puerto Rico, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, other HHS divisions, and other federal agencies to strengthen health and social services as organizations recover from Maria and build new plans so they are […]
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have continually worked together to increase the capacity of local health departments (LHDs) to prepare for radiation emergencies and to increase LHD awareness and access to tools, strategies, and other resources related to local […]
NACCHO, in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, recently invited your agency to contribute to the advancement of our national health security by submitting an abstract for the 2019 Preparedness Summit (March 26-29, 2019 in St. Louis, Mo.). We have extended the abstract submission deadline to Friday, Oct. 12, 11:59 p.m., ET, to encourage you to participate in the longest...
In this week’s Podcast from Washington, Eli Briggs and Ian Goldstein discuss the FY2019 Appropriations bills passed by the Senate, which now must be conferenced with the House. They also discuss the opioids package passed in the House, and the Senate’s opioid package. Later in the program, Ian Goldstein sat down with Mitch Stripling, Assistant Commissioner […]
As of 9/26/18 NACCHO deactivated its incident command for hurricane Florence. We continue to engage with federal and local partners on Florence recovery efforts and monitor other emerging weather events. Local health departments impacted by storms that have critical issues and needs related to hurricane response that they would like brought forward to federal partners should […]
The CDC issued a Bulletin on September 13, 2018 regarding an outbreak of Ebola in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The following information is re-posted from that bulletin. On August 1, 2018, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo reported an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in North Kivu Province. Although […]
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. […]
NACCHO, in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, invites your agency to contribute to the advancement of our national health security by submitting an abstract for the 2019 Preparedness Summit (March 26-29, 2019 in St. Louis, Mo.). Now more than ever, the public health preparedness community must come together to discover new and creative […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting that Hurricane Lane may impact the Hawaiian Islands at the end of the week of August 20. Heavy rainfall, potentially leading to flooding is expected. The federal government is monitoring and deploying assets in preparation for Hurricane Lane, and the HHS Healthcare and Public Health Sector […]
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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
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
During a pandemic, healthcare facilities may need telehealth/medicine capabilities. Telehealth policies help to prevent potential...
Apr 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) has launched a COVID-19 Learning & Action Collaborative to move beyond...
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