On behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the RAND Corporation is working with NACCHO to explore and quantify how citizen science, the use of scientific principles and methods by lay members of the public…
Registration is now open for the 2017 Preparedness Summit. Early bird rates are available until March 17, 2017. The Summit will be held from April 25-28 at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta. This year’s Summit will explore…
By Amanda Lubit, DVM, MS, MPH, NACCHO Senior Program Analyst In commemoration of National Preparedness Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is highlighting five themes for each week of September, emphasizing the…
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has recently announced its new National Health Security eNewsletter. This email based outreach is designed to build awareness and understanding of national health security among the program’s…
Meals on Wheels as a Response Partner During public health emergencies there are many individuals with access and functional needs who may have difficulty retrieving life-saving medical countermeasures (MCMs) at response sites such as public points…
NACCHO, in collaboration with the Northeast Texas Public Health District and the City of El Paso Department of Public Health, developed a series of behavioral health videos, available in both Spanish and English. These videos aim to provide first…
The National Health Security Strategy (NHSS) provides a call to action for community, local, state, tribal, and federal agencies to improve health security. During this webinar, presenters from local health departments will describe how different…
In the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the most fascinating Summit speakers. In the second part of this interview, Andrew…
In the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the most fascinating Summit speakers. In this two-part post, Andrew Salkin, Chief Operating…
In the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the most fascinating Summit speakers. Michael Frogel, Co-Principal Investigator for the New York…