Enhance Your Medical Countermeasure Knowledge at the 2017 Preparedness Summit

Federal guidance and assessment methods for medical countermeasure (MCM) planning have progressively expanded over the last two...

Mar 31, 2017 | Raymond Puerini

  • UPMC Releases Casebook for Ensuring MCM Stewardship in an Emergency

    In November 2016, the UPMC Center for Health Security released a new communication casebook, entitled How to Steward Medical...

    Dec 13, 2016 | Raymond Puerini

  • Seeking Feedback from Local Health Departments on Prioritizing Critical...

    NACCHO in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is developing resources to help local health...

    Nov 29, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Being Prepared to Respond

    By Sarah Summers, MPH, NACCHO Senior Program Analyst In commemoration of National Preparedness Month, the Centers for Disease Control...

    Sep 08, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Capturing Patient and Vaccine Information at Mass Vaccination Clinics – A Catalog of...

    By Tom Fitzgerald, MPH; Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Response Fellow, CDC/NCIRD/ISD For many health departments, data collection during...

    Feb 18, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • Flu on Call™ Goes Live at Two Local Health Departments

    Although there is no pandemic anywhere in the world now, local health departments are always working to improve their ability to...

    Jan 12, 2016 | Katie Regan

  • Using Participatory Disease Surveillance Data through Flu Near You

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

    Nov 24, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • National Preparedness Month: A Look Back

    Each September, as part of National Preparedness Month, preparedness efforts across the country are celebrated and highlighted. This...

    Nov 04, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • Flu Near You: A Guide to Engaging in Participatory Disease Surveillance

    NACCHO has created the new guide, “Flu Near You: A Guide to Engaging in Participatory Disease Surveillance,” to help local...

    Oct 27, 2015 | Admin

  • Enhance Your Medical Countermeasure Knowledge at the 2017 Preparedness Summit

    Federal guidance and assessment methods for medical countermeasure (MCM) planning have progressively expanded over the last two decades. In response to enhanced capability, more rigorous grant requirements, and emerging health threats, local health departments (LHDs) have continued to develop innovative and inclusive ways for safe and rapid dispensation of medications during emergencies...

    Mar 31, 2017 | Raymond Puerini

    UPMC Releases Casebook for Ensuring MCM Stewardship in an Emergency

    In November 2016, the UPMC Center for Health Security released a new communication casebook, entitled How to Steward Medical Countermeasures and Public Trust in an Emergency: A Communication Casebook for FDA and Its Public Health Partners. The purpose of this resource is to assist the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other public health officials in ensuring […]

    Dec 13, 2016 | Raymond Puerini

    Seeking Feedback from Local Health Departments on Prioritizing Critical Infrastructure Personnel for Influenza Response

    NACCHO in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is developing resources to help local health departments prepare for vaccine prioritization of critical infrastructure personnel (CIP) in case of an influenza pandemic. These efforts will build on the DHS/HHS 2008 publication “Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic Influenza Vaccine.” This initiative aims...

    Nov 29, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Being Prepared to Respond

    By Sarah Summers, MPH, NACCHO Senior Program Analyst In commemoration of National Preparedness Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is highlighting five themes for each week of September, emphasizing the various aspects of effective preparedness. Each week, the NACCHO Preparedness team is authoring a blog to promote the theme and provide local health […]

    Sep 08, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Capturing Patient and Vaccine Information at Mass Vaccination Clinics – A Catalog of Electronic Technologies

    By Tom Fitzgerald, MPH; Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Response Fellow, CDC/NCIRD/ISD For many health departments, data collection during mass vaccination clinics conducted in response to a pandemic or outbreak is often done manually. This can be time-consuming and labor intensive, but it is an extremely important component of pandemic vaccine response, particularly if there are multiple […]

    Feb 18, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    Flu on Call™ Goes Live at Two Local Health Departments

    Although there is no pandemic anywhere in the world now, local health departments are always working to improve their ability to respond to public health emergencies, including a severe influenza pandemic. In keeping with this, NACCHO, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, […]

    Jan 12, 2016 | Katie Regan

    Using Participatory Disease Surveillance Data through Flu Near You

    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 Christina Baum, Program Analyst, NACCHO As flu season continues to ramp up, public health surveillance is an essential tool to identifying outbreaks early and having necessary, community-level data to be able to respond to...

    Nov 24, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    National Preparedness Month: A Look Back

    Each September, as part of National Preparedness Month, preparedness efforts across the country are celebrated and highlighted. This year, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) chose the theme “Prepare for Everywhere,” which focused on communities of preparedness from the individual to global level. To strengthen the CDC’s preparedness initiative, NACCHO created a Preparedness...

    Nov 04, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    Flu Near You: A Guide to Engaging in Participatory Disease Surveillance

    NACCHO has created the new guide, “Flu Near You: A Guide to Engaging in Participatory Disease Surveillance,” to help local health departments get started with the Flu Near You platform to benefit their community’s flu awareness and tracking efforts. Through Flu Near You, thousands of volunteers answer a brief, weekly digital questionnaire about their health for crowd-sourced...

    Oct 27, 2015 | Admin

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