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ASPR Reaches Out to Listen to Public and Private Stakeholders on Strengthening the...

More than 100 participants from more than 45 organizations gathered in person or on the phone on January 10 to lend their perspectives...

Feb 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....

    Feb 06, 2018 | Katie Dwyer

  • Call for Abstracts: 2018 Public Health Informatics Conference

    The abstract period for the 2018 Public Health Informatics Conference is officially open for submissions! To support this year’s...

    Feb 06, 2018 | Katie Dwyer

  • 24 Agencies Achieve Project Public Health Ready Recognition

    This month, NACCHO’s Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) program recognized or re-recognized 24 local and regional health agencies for...

    Jan 22, 2018

  • Project Public Health Ready’s New Support Response Agency Criteria Now Includes...

    The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) kicked off the Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) program in...

    Jan 16, 2018

  • Rural Public Health Preparedness Collaborative Inaugural Meeting (January 2018)

    The Rural Public Health Preparedness Collaborative (the “Collaborative”) held its first meeting on January 8, 2018. The...

    Jan 10, 2018 | Katie Dwyer

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    CMS Announces First Rural Health Strategy

    On May 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the agency’s first Rural Health Strategy intended to provide a proactive approach on healthcare issues to ensure that the nearly one in five individuals who live in rural America have access to high quality, affordable healthcare. The agency-wide Rural Health Strategy, built on […]

    May 09, 2018 | Katie Dwyer

    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

    Awards & Recognition, Medical Countermeasures

    Apply for the 2018 National Health Security Award!

    The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) are pleased to announce the third annual National Health Security Award! This award recognizes local health departments that have demonstrated significant accomplishments in implementing health security-related initiatives within their jurisdictions....

    Mar 22, 2018

    ASPR Reaches Out to Listen to Public and Private Stakeholders on Strengthening the Nation’s Health Preparedness

    More than 100 participants from more than 45 organizations gathered in person or on the phone on January 10 to lend their perspectives on how to improve public health and healthcare preparedness. The daylong listening session represented the first time the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has hosted an […]

    Feb 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

    Call for Abstracts: 2018 Public Health Informatics Conference

    The abstract period for the 2018 Public Health Informatics Conference is officially open for submissions! To support this year’s theme, Connecting Systems and People to Improve Population Health, abstracts will be accepted under the following topic areas: Information Systems Governance Informatics Workforce and Leadership Development Innovations and Novel Applications Informatics-Based Solutions...

    Feb 06, 2018 | Katie Dwyer

    24 Agencies Achieve Project Public Health Ready Recognition

    This month, NACCHO’s Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) program recognized or re-recognized 24 local and regional health agencies for their ability to plan for, respond to and recover from public health emergencies. Nine agencies from Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Utah, Virginia, Texas and North Carolina earned PPHR recognition for the first time, and 15 agencies from […]

    Jan 22, 2018

    Project Public Health Ready’s New Support Response Agency Criteria Now Includes Regional Agency Models

    The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) kicked off the Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) program in 2003. PPHR criteria aligns to three goals: 1) All-hazards Preparedness Planning; 2) Workforce Capacity Development; and 3) Demonstration of Readiness through Exercise or Real Event. The original criteria was designed to assess a primary response […]

    Jan 16, 2018

    Rural Public Health Preparedness Collaborative Inaugural Meeting (January 2018)

    The Rural Public Health Preparedness Collaborative (the “Collaborative”) held its first meeting on January 8, 2018. The Collaborative was established to provide a forum for local health departments from rural and frontier communities to collaborate, network, and inform national preparedness policy and practice. The Collaborative members include 20 individuals representing local and...

    Jan 10, 2018 | Katie Dwyer

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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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