National Connection for Local Public Health

Four Focus Areas

NACCHO is the national organization representing local health departments (LHDs). NACCHO provides resources, tools, and assistance to LHDs in the following focus areas:

	The Community Health program helps LHDs promote health and prevent disease.

	The Environmental Health program helps LHDs promote human health and safe environments by focusing on the relationship between people and their environments.

	The Public Health Infrastructure and Systems program helps LHDs perform their core functions and essential services.

	The Public Health Preparedness program helps LHDs enhance their readiness to respond to emergencies.

In the Spotlight

The Profile Study

NACCHO’s National Profile of Local Health Departments is the most reliable and comprehensive description of LHDs’ infrastructure and practice. Get the latest facts and figures about LHDs’ services, financing, workforce, organization, and much more. More »

The Healthiest Nation Alliance

The Healthiest Nation Alliance (www.healthiestnation.org) is always looking for interesting success stories, and we want to share yours. Submit your stories on becoming healthier by speaking out and walking your talk as an individual, company, organization, community, or state to info@healthiestnation.org. These stories may appear on our Web site, marketing materials, and in our monthly newsletter.

You Need to Know

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On the Calendar

»	09-24-2008: HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Stakeholders Workshop 2008: More »

»	09-24-2008: HIA Americas Workshop: More »

»	10-05-2008: National Public Health Information Coalition Conference: More »

»	10-29-2008: 10th Annual Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference and Exposition: More »

»	12-08-2008: 20th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare: More »

»	02-18-2009: 2009 Local, State, Federal Public Health Preparedness Summit: A unifying public health event More »

»	03-02-2009: Lean Six Sigma Conference: More »

»	05-18-2009: World Conference on Quality and Improvement: More »