During a pandemic response, LHDs are leveraging some of the oldest public health tools—contact tracing, notification, and quarantine—to identify potential cases and rapidly deploy infection prevention and control measures.
This hub highlights the most useful resources from governmental public health, academia, think tanks, and nonprofits to support LHDs in designing, establishing, scaling up, and strengthening contact tracing programs.
Context & Rationale
This page includes resources that characterize the context and rationale for contact tracing in response to the pandemic, including white papers ..
Context & Rationale
Program Planning
This page includes resources to inform program planning for contact tracing, including tools to help LHDs assess their workforce needs, develop ..
Program Planning
Training & Management
This page includes resources for training and management of the contract tracing workforce, including sample training plans; principles and best ..
Training & Management
Tools & Technology
This page includes tools for contact tracers and program managers, including checklists, workflows, and digital technologies, as well as resources ..
Tools & Technology
Planning, Financial, & Human Resources
This page includes resources to support LHDs in scaling up their contact tracing workforce, including links to potential paid and volunteer ..
Planning, Financial, & Human Resources
Communications
This page includes resources to support contact tracing communications, including communication guidelines and best practices and multilingual ..
Communications
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Beth Hess
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Beth Hess
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Beth Hess, Phyllis Dickerson Johnson
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See highlights from the second day of the 2026 NACCHO360 conference.
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Beth Hess, Phyllis Dickerson Johnson
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Beth Hess, Phyllis Dickerson Johnson
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Advocacy, Policy
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Molly Curington
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Press Release
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Contact Tracing Tools for pandemic Response was developed in collaboration with our partner, ZS Associates.