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Johns Hopkins University faculty and others released a new proposal for financing and delivering PrEP for HIV prevention.
Dec 20, 2021 | Julia Zigman
Surveying the ongoing challenges to ending the HIV epidemic in the USA, a six-paper Series published in The Lancet underscores...
Mar 04, 2021
The new NASTAD infographic, “Verifying PrEP is Covered as a Preventive Service,” summarizes the steps to verify that a given plan is...
Mar 04, 2021 | Julia Zigman
As part of Children’s Health Month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on October 10, 2019 a proposed rule that...
Oct 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Have any public health departments developed programs to assist regulated facilities (such as restaurants, retail food establishments,...
Sep 26, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
AcademyHealth has released two new issue briefs on the role of Medicaid in increasing access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The...
Jun 12, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Note: This is the fifth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a...
Dec 17, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $1.5 million for Environmental Justice Small Grants...
Nov 19, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is seeking nominations of four qualified candidates to be considered for...
Apr 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Surveying the ongoing challenges to ending the HIV epidemic in the USA, a six-paper Series published in The Lancet underscores pronounced racial, sexual, and gender disparities; substantial gaps in domestic program funding; and due to geography and the patchwork health-care system, limited access to HIV treatment and prevention services.
The new NASTAD infographic, “Verifying PrEP is Covered as a Preventive Service,” summarizes the steps to verify that a given plan is offering PrEP at no cost to the patient.
As part of Children’s Health Month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on October 10, 2019 a proposed rule that significantly improves the actions that water systems must take to reduce lead in the nation’s drinking water. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the proposal at an event in Green Bay.
Have any public health departments developed programs to assist regulated facilities (such as restaurants, retail food establishments, food manufacturers, schools, childcare centers, swimming pools, etc.) save on operating costs through efficient energy and water use, reduced waste and overages?
AcademyHealth has released two new issue briefs on the role of Medicaid in increasing access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The first brief, Leveraging Medicaid Financing and Coverage Benefits to Deliver PrEP Intervention Services, presents a framework for considering applicable Medicaid program levers to increase and improve PrEP delivery as well as an overview of Medicaid […]
Note: This is the fifth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a question here. December 2018 Dear Greener Guidance, What are some examples of innovative non-grant funding for local health departments? – Grant-sick Dear Grant-sick, Here are some examples of innovative funding in communities in Georgia and Washington: Cobb &...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $1.5 million for Environmental Justice Small Grants (EJSG). These funds will be distributed to approximately 50 community-based organizations nationwide that will work to address environmental justice issues in local communities. Each recipient will receive up to $30,000 for one-year, community-driven projects that...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is seeking nominations of four qualified candidates to be considered for appointment as members to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment (CHAC). Qualified candidates require expertise in areas such as public health; epidemiology; laboratory...
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