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Local Health Departments Respond to Largest Measles Outbreak in 20 Years
Local Health Departments across the country are working to mitigate the reemergence of measles in the United States. Just this year,...
Jun 09, 2014 | Sarah Gardner
NACCHO’s 2014 Summer Preparedness Webinar Series
NACCHO will be hosting a 2014 Summer Preparedness Webinar Series highlighting topics in preparedness and emergency management. To...
May 21, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
Don’t Panic, Be Prepared: Jack Herrmann’s Recap of the Preparedness Summit
The public health workforce often conducts its work behind the scenes, making the citizens of their communities healthier and safer...
Apr 08, 2014 | Jack Herrmann
Share Your Experience with Closed Points of Dispensing
NACCHO, in collaboration with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), is gathering information on how...
Nov 12, 2013 | Admin
New Legal Precedent for Inclusive Planning, Preparedness, and Response
Late last week, the United States District Court, Southern District of New York handed down a ruling on the Brooklyn Center for...
Nov 12, 2013 | Andy Roszak
Strategic National Stockpile Project October Report
Staff: Lisa Brown Staff submitted an abstract on the advances in medical countermeasure distribution and dispensing for the 2014...
Nov 11, 2013 | Lisa Brown
Strategic National Stockpile Project September Report
Staff: Lisa Brown In September, staff finished deliverables for the Whole Community Inclusion project and the Department of Defense...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
Local Health Departments Respond to Largest Measles Outbreak in 20 YearsLocal Health Departments across the country are working to mitigate the reemergence of measles in the United States. Just this year, 334 cases have been reported from January 1 to May 30, 2014. According to the CDC, this number marks a 20-year high five months into the calendar year. Measles is typically brought to the United States […] Jun 09, 2014 | Sarah Gardner |
NACCHO’s 2014 Summer Preparedness Webinar SeriesNACCHO will be hosting a 2014 Summer Preparedness Webinar Series highlighting topics in preparedness and emergency management. To start the series off, the first webinar will explore how local health departments utilize closed Points of Dispensing (PODs) to improve emergency planning for vulnerable populations. Other scheduled webinars will look at topics regarding the use of […] May 21, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
Don’t Panic, Be Prepared: Jack Herrmann’s Recap of the Preparedness SummitThe public health workforce often conducts its work behind the scenes, making the citizens of their communities healthier and safer without them even being aware of it. It is not until disaster strikes that people find out the value of their public health department. Apr 08, 2014 | Jack Herrmann |
Share Your Experience with Closed Points of DispensingNACCHO, in collaboration with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), is gathering information on how state, territorial, and local medical countermeasure planners are planning for closed points of dispensing (PODs). A closed POD is a private location (such as a business or church) or public location (such as a government agency or […] Nov 12, 2013 | Admin |
New Legal Precedent for Inclusive Planning, Preparedness, and ResponseLate last week, the United States District Court, Southern District of New York handed down a ruling on the Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled v. The City of New York, a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of all persons with disabilities. The suit charged that the New York City Emergency Preparedness Program failed […] Nov 12, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
Strategic National Stockpile Project October ReportStaff: Lisa Brown Staff submitted an abstract on the advances in medical countermeasure distribution and dispensing for the 2014 Preparedness Summit. NACCHO is assisting CDC and ASTHO in reviewing and disseminating a survey on closed points of dispensing (PODs). This survey aims to gather information on how state, territorial, and local medical countermeasure planners are […] Nov 11, 2013 | Lisa Brown |
Strategic National Stockpile Project September ReportStaff: Lisa Brown In September, staff finished deliverables for the Whole Community Inclusion project and the Department of Defense (DoD) and local health department collaboration project. Deliverables for the Whole Community Inclusion project included webinar summaries and the guidance document “Whole Community Inclusion and Medical Countermeasure Points of Dispensing Guide: Including At-Risk... Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
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