The Water, Climate and Health Program is proud to announce that we have partnered with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish the Nebraska Environmental Public Health Tracking Program, or Nebraska Tracking.
Newly awarded in August 2022, Nebraska Tracking is among 32 U.S. state programs that receive funding from the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program at CDC to create and maintain a surveillance system of environmental public health topics with the goal of improving public health by providing publicly available environmental public health data.
As the program grows, Nebraska Tracking will include data and resources on a variety of environmental public health topics such as:
- Contaminants in the environment
- Climate
- Health conditions and diseases
- Community design
- Behaviors
- Population characteristics
This program is led by UNMC’s Dr. Jesse Bell, Dr. Kristina Kintziger, and DHHS’ Derry Stover.
Visit the CDC website to learn more about the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network.
