Expectant parents receive a barrage of messages on how to keep their babies safe and healthy during pregnancy. For birth defect prevention, the message is simple: What’s best for you is best for your baby.…
NACCHO’s environmental health team hosted nearly 20 webinars throughout 2019 to share the latest resources and best practices with local health departments across the country. Explore all of the webinar recordings below, and please share…
By Nnandi Massac, Communications Intern The holiday season has arrived and with it comes family gatherings, work parties, and something less fun: increased flu activity. In the first two months of this flu season (October…
By Kevin Cevasco, MBA, NACCHO Intern The Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with NACCHO, is identifying ways to introduce place-based arts practices within county and city public health agencies. This practice is referred…
Whether monitoring travelers for Ebola, managing a large-scale foodborne outbreak, investigating environmental exposures, or identifying the unknown cause of an illness, during an outbreak or event, epidemiology and infectious disease staff at local health departments…
Every year on December 1, World AIDS Day is an opportunity to recognize global efforts to prevent new HIV infections, increase HIV awareness and knowledge, remember those who have lost their lives to HIV/AIDS, and…
With support from the CDC, NACCHO is offering a funding opportunity through a Request for Application process to participate in a new mentorship program with peer local health departments to learn, share experiences, and implement…
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occur in about one out of every 31 hospital patients. In 2015, the last year for which data are available, this resulted in 72,000 deaths attributed to HAIs. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a…
By Robin Kimball, Management Analyst II, Monterey County Environmental Health Bureau Editors’ Note: NACCHO recognized Montery County’s Food Safety Conference as a 2019 Model Practice. Applications for 2020 Model Practices are open until Dec. 30,…
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to the public’s health, and local health departments (LHDs) have become increasingly involved to ensure their communities are prepared. LHDs serve as community chief health strategists and are uniquely…