Press Releases

• National Accreditation Standards Development are under way. Newly formed organization calls for feedback from public health community. Read the press release.
  
• Standards and Accreditation Activities Review Committee Update. Decision points from the February 2008 meeting of the Standards Development Workgroup and Equivalency Recognition Workgroups are available to the public.
  
• PHAB Workgroup Meetings Announced. PHAB released the dates of the workgroup meetings, which are open to the public. More information available.
  
  
• Robin Wilcox, MPA, was named PHAB Associate Director. Read press release.
  
  
• Albert C. Gray, PhD, CAE, was named PHAB Executive Director. Read press release.
  
  
• The University of North Carolina, Institute for Public Health was selected to conduct research on the benefits and incentives of accreditation, including which incentives are the most effective. Click here for more information.

• The North Carolina Division of Public Health recently participated in a pilot accreditation process at the state level.  Click here to learn more about the assessment. 

• Ten states were selected to participate in MLC-2: Quality Improvement in the Context of Assessment and Accreditation Programs project .