The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in partnership with Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), recently hosted a webinar describing the performance improvement processes of Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) recognition and…
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…
A recent wave of cyber “ransomware” attacks known as SamSam has impacted healthcare and governmental organizations throughout the country. The following unclassified summary of SamSam was adapted from a report developed by the Healthcare Cybersecurity and…
Applications for the Local Health Department of the Year, the Maurice “Mo” Mullet Lifetime of Service, and the newly developed National Advocate of the Year awards are open. Apply by April 27. The Local Health Department…
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…
In light of the multiple package detonations over the last several weeks in Austin, Texas, the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector – a public and private partnership focused on critical infrastructure facilitated by DHS and HHS – has…
Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) is the National Association of County and City Health Official’s (NACCHO) criteria-based recognition program that assesses local health departments’ (LHDs) capability and capacity to plan for, respond to, and recover…
CDC’s Operational Readiness Review (ORR) online data collection system has undergone a recent update that allows users to download templates to complete two forms offline. Currently available in the system for download are the receive,…
Today is the last day to register for the 2018 Preparedness Summit early bird registration. This year’s summit will take place at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Ga., April 17-20, 2018. The theme is: Strengthening…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the CRC eTool, a new tool for epidemiologists and other public health professionals to use following a radiation emergency. A radiation incident affecting a large population…