
Project Firstline, CDC’s national training collaborative for infection prevention and control, is committed to preparing frontline healthcare workers and the public health workforce to protect themselves, their patients, and their communities from infectious disease threats.
NNPHI and our partners are committed to connecting the public health workforce with the IPC training resources they need to help healthcare workers protect patients, workers, and the public.
Project Firstline is a CDC-led, national training collaborative of healthcare and public health partners that aims to improve the nation’s response to COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Learn how you can be part of this important mission.
NACCHO hosted a Q&A session with Dr. Mike Bell, Deputy Director of CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, that was facilitated by Dr. Dawn Terashita, Associate Director for the Acute Communicable Disease Control Program for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. During this webinar, NACCHO and NNPHI introduced Project Firstline and the resources that will be available to support IPC training among the public health workforce. You can view the webinar here.
NNPHI CEO Dr. Vincent Lafronza talks with Infection Prevention Control Specialist and Ohio State University College of Nursing, Associate Professor, Dr. Timothy Landers about evidence-based infection prevention and control and Project Firstline, the CDC’s national training collaborative of healthcare and public health partners.
Project Firstline, CDC’s national training collaborative for infection prevention and control, is committed to preparing frontline healthcare workers and the public health workforce to protect themselves, their patients, and their communities from infectious disease threats. Project Firstline is building infection control training expertise within the public health workforce to support a culture of infection control in healthcare communities everywhere.
Project Firstline, CDC’s national training collaborative for infection prevention and control, is committed to preparing frontline healthcare workers and the public health workforce to protect themselves, their patients, and their communities from infectious disease threats.
Project Firstline is building infection control training expertise within the public health workforce to support a culture of infection control in healthcare communities everywhere.
Empowering. Immersive. Long Lasting.
Empowering
Immersive
Lasting Results

Core Training
Provides healthcare workers and public health professionals personnel with shared, foundational IPC knowledge.

Engagement
Adapts healthcare focused IPC knowledge to the public health workforce to ensure materials are relevant to public health responsibilities.

Public Health Capacity
Creates a culture of IPC expertise that is shared between the public health workforce and healthcare workers.

Practical Tools
Delivers training materials and resources to guide consultations with healthcare workers and facilities.

Mentorship
Connects infection prevention control experts with the public health work force.

Innovation
Develops innovative platforms to effectively train adult learners.


Our member public health institutes are united in creating conditions for health and well-being. The NNPHI public health institute model is a complement to governmental public health systems for addressing the most pressing current and emerging public health issues, including public health crises like COVID-19.
Check back soon for infection and prevention control resources from across our network.