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Emerging Leaders in Public Health Program (Kresge Foundation)

This is an advance announcement for Kresge’s Emerging Leaders in Public Health (ELPH) Initiative. Applications will open in April....

Feb 06, 2018 | Katie Dwyer

  • Measles: An Ongoing Challenge to Prevent and Control Reintroduction Outbreaks

    Since measles was eliminated from the United States in 2000, efforts to control reintroduction outbreaks have faced a variety of...

    Jan 18, 2018

  • Exercise Resources Released for Pandemic Medical Countermeasure Risk Communications

    The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security released an exercise scenario resource that examines risk communication challenges that...

    Oct 25, 2017 | Raymond Puerini

  • Call for ‘Second Wednesday Webinar’ Presenters

    The CDC’s Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR) seeks local and state health department staff to serve as 2018 presenters for...

    Oct 06, 2017 | Raymond Puerini

  • Now Accepting Abstracts: 2018 Preparedness Summit

              NACCHO in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, invites health departments,...

    Sep 12, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Call for Papers: Improving Public Health Communication in Response to Large-Scale...

    Health Security, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal garnering an international audience, recently issued a call for papers on the topic...

    Jul 26, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    • Hazards & Health Effects

    2018 Preparedness Summit Late-breaking Session—“What You Don’t Know about Radiation Risk: The Current State of Radiation Readiness”

    Late-breaking sessions were designed to cover important, emerging topics at the forefront of the public health landscape. The first session covered radiation risk. As the country enters a new phase of social and political threats, the need to build the capability to rise to larger, more complex events, such as radiological or nuclear events, heightens. […]

    Jun 11, 2018

    Adaptive Leadership, Leadership, Workforce Development

    Apply Now for the Emerging Leaders in Public Health Program (Kresge Foundation)

    The Kresge Foundation is partnering with the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health (UNC) to recruit and select 20 teams for the third cohort of Emerging Leaders in Public Health initiative. ELPH is a leadership development initiative aimed at providing local, governmental public health leaders with the knowledge and skills to lead in today’s […]

    Apr 12, 2018

    All of Us

    Join Us at the 2018 Preparedness Summit to Attend these Late-Breaking Sessions!

    Join us at the 2018 Preparedness Summit to participate in the first and longest running national conference on public health preparedness. The summit will take place April 17-20 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Ga. This year’s theme is “Strengthening National Health Security: Mastering Ordinary Responses, Building Resilience for Extraordinary Events.” We are pleased to announce...

    Apr 06, 2018

    Emerging Leaders in Public Health Program (Kresge Foundation)

    This is an advance announcement for Kresge’s Emerging Leaders in Public Health (ELPH) Initiative. Applications will open in April. This is a great opportunity for local health department leaders to enhance their leadership skills and advance innovative models to improve health department performance. The Kresge Foundation is partnering with the University of North Carolina Gillings School...

    Feb 06, 2018 | Katie Dwyer

    Measles: An Ongoing Challenge to Prevent and Control Reintroduction Outbreaks

    Since measles was eliminated from the United States in 2000, efforts to control reintroduction outbreaks have faced a variety of challenges. An outbreak in California was largely isolated to Los Angeles County and primarily affected a single social group in which anti-vaccination beliefs and behaviors prevailed. The outbreak resulted from a single individual who acquired […]

    Jan 18, 2018

    Exercise Resources Released for Pandemic Medical Countermeasure Risk Communications

    The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security released an exercise scenario resource that examines risk communication challenges that could occur when medical countermeasures (MCMs) are provided during pandemics. The SPARS Pandemic Scenario book describes an outbreak scenario in the future when a coronavirus spreads throughput the United States and more than 40 countries over a three-year […]

    Oct 25, 2017 | Raymond Puerini

    Call for ‘Second Wednesday Webinar’ Presenters

    The CDC’s Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR) seeks local and state health department staff to serve as 2018 presenters for the CDC Second Wednesday Webinar series. Ideal presentations will provide a 45-minute overview of a health department’s innovative or promising practices, lessons learned, and/or effective strategies on the below topics. 2018 CDC Second Wednesday Webinar Topic...

    Oct 06, 2017 | Raymond Puerini

    Now Accepting Abstracts: 2018 Preparedness Summit

              NACCHO in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, invites health departments, partner agencies and other emergency preparedness stakeholders to contribute to the advancement of U.S. national health security by submitting an abstract for the 2018 Preparedness Summit (April 17-20, 2018 in Atlanta, GA). Now more than ever, the public health...

    Sep 12, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Call for Papers: Improving Public Health Communication in Response to Large-Scale Health Threats

    Health Security, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal garnering an international audience, recently issued a call for papers on the topic of “Communication and Health Security: Improving Public Health Communication in Response to Large-Scale Health Threats.” Accepted papers will be featured in a special feature of the journal’s March/April 2018 issue. Scholarly and review articles,...

    Jul 26, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

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    COVID-19, Immunization

    NACCHO Recognizes Second Anniversary of First COVID-19 Vaccination

    Dec 15, 2022 | Nicholas Holmes

    Water Fountain
    Tools & Resources, COVID-19, Water Quality

    Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to Aid Safe Building Reopening...

    Purdue is partnering with NACCHO to offer this online course at a discount for local health departments.

    Dec 04, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo

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    Emergency Response, Infectious Disease, Opportunity

    National Student Response Network Linking Volunteers to Health Departments

    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

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    Emergency Response, Infectious Disease

    COVID-19 Alternate Care Site Resources

    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

    Tools & Resources, Infectious Disease

    AMA Telehealth Implementation Playbook

    During a pandemic, healthcare facilities may need telehealth/medicine capabilities. Telehealth policies help to prevent potential...

    Apr 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

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    Communications & Public Relations, Emergency Response, Infectious Disease

    NNPHI Launches COVID-19 Learning & Action Collaborative

    The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) has launched a COVID-19 Learning & Action Collaborative to move beyond...

    Apr 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

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