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Supplemental Ebola Funding for State and Local Health Departments

The outbreak in West Africa represents the largest Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in history. While there have only been a few...

Jan 20, 2015 | Katie Dwyer

  • Ebola in West Africa and the Importance of Local Health Departments to Global Health...

    The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is receiving intense national and international media attention. This is the largest...

    Aug 12, 2014 | Guest Author

  • CDC Releases Interim Lab Guidance and Other Ebola Resources

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released several resources yesterday to provide guidance and information to...

    Aug 07, 2014 | Frances Bevington

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    Outbreak of Ebola virus disease (Sudan ebolavirus) in Central Uganda

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory about a recently confirmed outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Uganda caused by Sudan virus (species Sudan ebolavirus) to summarize CDC’s recommendations for U.S. public health departments and clinicians, case identification and testing, and clinical laboratory biosafety...

    Oct 06, 2022 | Beth Hess

    Infection, Prevention, and Control, Infectious Disease

    Ebola Outbreak in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

    The CDC issued a Bulletin on September 13, 2018 regarding an outbreak of Ebola in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The following information is re-posted from that bulletin. On August 1, 2018, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo reported an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in North Kivu Province. Although […]

    Sep 13, 2018 | Katie Dwyer

    Infectious Disease

    Ebola Outbreak in Congo

    *The following information was adapted from CDC’s DSLR Friday Update on May 25, 2018* On May 8, the Ministry of Public Health (MoHP) of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Bikoro Health Zone, Equateur Province, in Northwest DRC. The current outbreak is in a remote, forested […]

    May 25, 2018 | Katie Dwyer

    Supplemental Ebola Funding for State and Local Health Departments

    The outbreak in West Africa represents the largest Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in history. While there have only been a few cases in the United States, and the risk of an outbreak in the United States is low, the public health and healthcare communities have, and continue to, implement steps to prevent, prepare for, […]

    Jan 20, 2015 | Katie Dwyer

    Ebola in West Africa and the Importance of Local Health Departments to Global Health Security

    The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is receiving intense national and international media attention. This is the largest outbreak of Ebola ever and impacts a region of Africa that has not previously reported cases. It has spread to four countries (Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria) and sickened 1,848 people (suspected and confirmed cases […]

    Aug 12, 2014 | Guest Author

    CDC Releases Interim Lab Guidance and Other Ebola Resources

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released several resources yesterday to provide guidance and information to public health workers and healthcare providers who are preparing for the possibility of testing for or treating Ebola. Among the new resources are the following materials: August 6, 2014: Interim Guidance for Specimen Collection, Transport, Testing, and […]

    Aug 07, 2014 | Frances Bevington

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    NACCHO Recognizes Second Anniversary of First COVID-19 Vaccination

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    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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    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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    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

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    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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    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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