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CDC Quarterly Partners Meeting
The CDC convened its second quarterly partner meeting for fiscal year 2014 on May 22 in Washington, DC. Some of the relevant topics...
Jun 04, 2014 | Scott Fisher
Mission Ready Packages Advisory Group Meeting
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) convened its Mission Ready Packages Advisory Group May 20-21 in...
Jun 03, 2014 | Scott Fisher
MRC Project May Update
MRC staff completed the contracting process for the 2013-2014 NACCHO MRC Awards in May, and the MRC awards website was updated with...
Jun 02, 2014 | Admin
Public Health Law Workgroup May Update
This month, the Public Health Law Workgroup met with Meryl Chertoff of the Aspen Institute to learn more about the Institute’s...
May 29, 2014 | Guest Author
Surge Managment Workgroup May Report
The Surge Management workgroup held its May call on May 22. The call opened with a debrief about each member’s experience this...
May 28, 2014 | Stacy Stanford
66th Annual Kentucky Public Health Association Conference
Date: April 15-16, 2014 Staff Representative: Resham Patel The 2014 conference theme was Embracing the Future of Public Health and was...
May 20, 2014 | Resham Patel
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Workgroup- April Updates
The MRC Workgroup convened April 25 via conference call. During this month’s call, MRC Workgroup members were able to debrief...
May 09, 2014 | Tahlia Gousse
Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement Workgroup April Report
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on April 22. PPOM co-chairs Steve Englender...
May 08, 2014 | Erin Burdette
Incident Management Workgroup April Report
In lieu of an April call, members of the Incident Management Workgroup attended and participated in the NACCHO webinar,...
May 07, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
CDC Quarterly Partners MeetingThe CDC convened its second quarterly partner meeting for fiscal year 2014 on May 22 in Washington, DC. Some of the relevant topics covered during the meeting included a discussion about the next iteration of the National Public Health Security Index, which will include criteria for the Environmental and Occupational Health and Emergency Management domains. […] Jun 04, 2014 | Scott Fisher |
Mission Ready Packages Advisory Group MeetingThe Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) convened its Mission Ready Packages Advisory Group May 20-21 in Arlington, VA. The purpose of the meeting was to conduct a detailed review of ten public health response mission ready packages that could be offered through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. The packages reviewed dealt with […] Jun 03, 2014 | Scott Fisher |
MRC Project May UpdateMRC staff completed the contracting process for the 2013-2014 NACCHO MRC Awards in May, and the MRC awards website was updated with the new profile pages feature. Challenge Award winners have added profile pages to the site so that MRC unit leaders throughout the network can stay updated on developments for the 29 challenge award projects as […] Jun 02, 2014 | Admin |
Public Health Law Workgroup May UpdateThis month, the Public Health Law Workgroup met with Meryl Chertoff of the Aspen Institute to learn more about the Institute’s Excellence in State Public Health Law Program. Through this program the Aspen Institute works with teams in eight states to explore, identify, and evaluate how law and policy can advance state health priorities. The […] May 29, 2014 | Guest Author |
Surge Managment Workgroup May ReportThe Surge Management workgroup held its May call on May 22. The call opened with a debrief about each member’s experience this year for workgroup feedback requests. NACCHO asks workgroups to provide their advice and feedback on items when our federal partners need the local perspective. Most feedback was positive; members felt a local perspective […] May 28, 2014 | Stacy Stanford |
66th Annual Kentucky Public Health Association ConferenceDate: April 15-16, 2014 Staff Representative: Resham Patel The 2014 conference theme was Embracing the Future of Public Health and was held in Louisville, KY. NACCHO staff attended a portion of this conference and was invited to present on Project Public Health Ready (PPHR). Kentucky is considering increased participation in PPHR, a criteria-based public health preparedness program that assesses... May 20, 2014 | Resham Patel |
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Workgroup- April UpdatesThe MRC Workgroup convened April 25 via conference call. During this month’s call, MRC Workgroup members were able to debrief those members who were not able to attend last month’s Preparedness Summit. Overall, the workgroup appreciates the support of NACCHO for the opportunity to travel and participate in so many ancillary events like the podcasts, […] May 09, 2014 | Tahlia Gousse |
Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement Workgroup April ReportThe Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on April 22. PPOM co-chairs Steve Englender and Steve Huleatt recapped the Preparedness Committee meeting that took place on March 31 in conjunction with the 2014 Preparedness Summit. The call also included an introduction to the new Medical Countermeasures Operational Readiness Review tool, […] May 08, 2014 | Erin Burdette |
Incident Management Workgroup April ReportIn lieu of an April call, members of the Incident Management Workgroup attended and participated in the NACCHO webinar, “Response and Recovery During and Environmental Disaster: Learning from the Elk River Chemical Spill” on April 22. Workgroup members also conducted a learning session entitled “Managing an Escalating Public Health Incident: A Tabletop Exercise” on April... May 07, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
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