The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.
On June 11, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Health Advisory for Hepatitis A outbreaks occuring in multiple...
Jun 12, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
*The following information was adapted from CDC’s DSLR Friday Update on May 25, 2018* On May 8, the Ministry of Public Health...
May 25, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
On May 10, the Dr. Robert Kadlec, the current U.S. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, authored an article on the...
May 11, 2018 | Raymond Puerini
By Kimberly Sewell, NACCHO Environmental Health intern In 2016, approximately 6,000 cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in...
May 09, 2018
On June 11, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Health Advisory for Hepatitis A outbreaks occuring in multiple states among persons reporting drug use and/or homelessness and their contacts. The HAN can be accessed on CDC’s website. CDC recommends that health departments review the most recent data to identify communities that are […]
*The following information was adapted from CDC’s DSLR Friday Update on May 25, 2018* On May 8, the Ministry of Public Health (MoHP) of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Bikoro Health Zone, Equateur Province, in Northwest DRC. The current outbreak is in a remote, forested […]
On May 10, the Dr. Robert Kadlec, the current U.S. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, authored an article on the American Medical Association website on the need for a disaster health response system. Of note, Dr. Kadlec is advocating for a shift from the current health care coalition model to a regional disaster health […]
By Kimberly Sewell, NACCHO Environmental Health intern In 2016, approximately 6,000 cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in the United States. The number of reported cases of Legionnaires ’ disease has grown nearly five times since 2000; however, it is unclear if this is due to the increase in the frequency of the disease, or […]
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