“Not if, but When”: Experts Share Latest Zika Response Activities

By Andrea Grenadier, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Representatives from major public health organizations addressed attendees at...

May 02, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • Lessons from Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters: An Interview with...

    Coordinated by Susan Sloan, Performance Management Specialist, Whatcom County (WA) Health Department and NACCHO Risk Communications...

    Apr 27, 2016 | Guest Author

  • NACCHO Funds 167 Innovative Community Projects through MRC Challenge Awards

    Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units around the country are in the forefront of creating projects that address public health needs in...

    Apr 06, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • Lessons from Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters: An Interview with...

    Coordinated by Susan Sloan, Performance Management Specialist, Whatcom County (WA) Health Department and NACCHO Risk Communications...

    Apr 05, 2016 | Guest Author

  • Amateur Radio Activities Return for 2016 Preparedness Summit

    The ability to communicate is an essential component of all emergency response activities. During an emergency, there could be...

    Mar 22, 2016 | Raymond Puerini

  • Celebrate Spring’s Arrival with Flood Safety Preparedness Planning

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

    Mar 17, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • Georgia Department of Public Health’s Statewide Full-Scale Exercise: How to...

    In November 2015, the Georgia Department of Public Health participated in a three-day statewide full-scale exercise. This exercise...

    Mar 10, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • The Perfect Storm: Climate Change and Zika Virus Disease

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

    Mar 04, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • ASPR TRACIE Releases New Zika Resource

    The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s TRACIE team released a new document entitled, “Zika:...

    Mar 01, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • “Not if, but When”: Experts Share Latest Zika Response Activities

    By Andrea Grenadier, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Representatives from major public health organizations addressed attendees at the 2016 Preparedness Summit in a late-breaking session that succinctly addressed the threats of Zika virus disease, as well as the latest scientific information and front-line response activities from both states and the federal government. The numbers growing...

    May 02, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    Lessons from Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters: An Interview with Ana-Marie Jones, Part 2

    Coordinated by Susan Sloan, Performance Management Specialist, Whatcom County (WA) Health Department and NACCHO Risk Communications and Information Sharing Workgroup member; Interview by Eric E. Holdeman, Principal, Eric Holdeman & Associates.  Ana-Marie Jones is the Executive Director of CARD – Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters, a nonprofit located in Alameda County, CA....

    Apr 27, 2016 | Guest Author

    NACCHO Funds 167 Innovative Community Projects through MRC Challenge Awards

    Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units around the country are in the forefront of creating projects that address public health needs in their communities. Volunteers play an integral role in assisting local health departments before, during, and after disasters. As a result of budget cuts, local health departments increasingly rely on volunteers to supplement their efforts […]

    Apr 06, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    Lessons from Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters: An Interview with Ana-Marie Jones, Part 1

    Coordinated by Susan Sloan, Performance Management Specialist, Whatcom County (WA) Health Department and NACCHO Risk Communications and Information Sharing Workgroup member; Interview by Eric E. Holdeman, Principal, Eric Holdeman & Associates Ana-Marie Jones is the Executive Director of CARD – Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters, a nonprofit located in Alameda County, CA....

    Apr 05, 2016 | Guest Author

    Amateur Radio Activities Return for 2016 Preparedness Summit

    The ability to communicate is an essential component of all emergency response activities. During an emergency, there could be significant damage to communication infrastructure resulting in failures to successfully coordinate and carryout a response. In no-notice or rapidly developing emergencies, cellular communication networks can quickly become overwhelmed and cell phone communication could...

    Mar 22, 2016 | Raymond Puerini

    Celebrate Spring’s Arrival with Flood Safety Preparedness Planning

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/.  Though the official start of spring is still a week away, the season’s hallmark rainstorms have already begun to fall and raise the threat of severe flooding across the country. Flooding is a risk any time […]

    Mar 17, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    Georgia Department of Public Health’s Statewide Full-Scale Exercise: How to Incorporate Administrative Preparedness

    In November 2015, the Georgia Department of Public Health participated in a three-day statewide full-scale exercise. This exercise included the activation of Georgia’s 18 public health district’s Emergency Operation Centers (EOCs) and designated Points of Dispensing (PODs) sites around the state. Prior to the exercise, the health department spent numerous months creating the exercise scenario,...

    Mar 10, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    The Perfect Storm: Climate Change and Zika Virus Disease

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/.  By Andrea Grenadier, Communications Specialist, NACCHO If you were writing a popular novel designed to terrify, you could hardly come up with a better plot device than introducing Zika virus disease. A perfect storm of a...

    Mar 04, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    ASPR TRACIE Releases New Zika Resource

    The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s TRACIE team released a new document entitled, “Zika: Resources at Your Fingertips.” The document provides Zika virus resources and an overview of public health and healthcare system considerations and implications that are applicable to professionals in those systems, emergency management stakeholders, and...

    Mar 01, 2016 | Mary Hodges

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