Safe, effective, life-saving – the benefits of vaccines for protecting public health are numerous and robust. Yet, in the U.S., there continues to be a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases, including measles and mumps. The Centers…
The New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response released scenario-specific response guides. With input from their community partners, they created 10 Individual and Family Response Guides that provide…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the National Adult Immunization Plan (NAIP) to provide an overview of actions needed to be undertaken by federal and nonfederal partners to protect public health and…
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. By Sara Chang, Program Analyst, NACCHO As the CDC and World Health Organization escalate their preparedness and…
Although there is no pandemic anywhere in the world now, local health departments are always working to improve their ability to respond to public health emergencies, including a severe influenza pandemic. In keeping with this,…
Through support from CDC, NACCHO is pleased to offer the LINC (Lessons in INfection Control) Initiative funding opportunity for local health departments (LHDs). NACCHO will award at least 10 LHDs up to $25,000 each to…
National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) is a national observance that was established to highlight the importance of continuing influenza vaccination. For more information, please visit: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/nivw/index.htm
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. By Christina Baum, Program Analyst, NACCHO As flu season continues to ramp up, public health surveillance is…
Join the Virtual Immunization Communication Network on Wednesday, August 19 at 2:00PM EDT for the webinar, “What’s New With Flu? CDC’s Recommendations and Communication Plans for the 2015-2016 Influenza Season.” The presentation will focus on this year’s…
By Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO Avian influenza has been a popular topic in the media this past year, and the attention on the topic boils down to two primary points of interest:…