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Join NACCHO at the 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference
NACCHO will present on building the infrastructure for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention at local health departments...
Nov 13, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
New Story from Champaign-Urbana Health District Added to NACCHO’s PrEP Story Bank
To support local health departments as they decide what they can or should be doing to implement Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for...
Oct 30, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging...
The International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta at the end of August and Jackie Lawler, an...
Oct 13, 2015 | Christina Baum
CDC Supports New WHO Early Release HIV Treatment and PrEP Guidelines
Last week, the CDC released a press release to welcome the announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) of new Early Release...
Oct 08, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
New World Health Organization Guidelines on ART and PrEP
At the end of September, the World Health Organization issued an “Early Release Guideline” on when to start antiretroviral...
Oct 06, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
San Francisco is Changing the Face of AIDS Treatment
Last year, San Francisco had only 302 new HIV diagnoses, the lowest recorded number. In 1992, at the epidemic’s peak, there were 2,332...
Oct 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
NACCHO Interviews a Local Health Department Disease Intervention Specialist to...
October 2, 2015 is National Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Recognition Day, a day that is celebrated annually on the first...
Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
CDC Releases the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention Annual Report
CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) released their 2014 Annual Report highlighting the division’s programmatic...
Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Lambda Legal Launches “Know Your Rights” Hub for People Living with HIV
Lambda Legal has launched “Know Your Rights: HIV” which provides information for people living with HIV people on an array of issues...
Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Join NACCHO at the 2015 National HIV Prevention ConferenceNACCHO will present on building the infrastructure for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention at local health departments at the 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference (NHPC). NACCHO staff will join panelists for session C 26- “PrEP: Infrastructure and Intervention Models” at 1:30-3:00 PM EST on December 8. The session will present local and state health departments’... Nov 13, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
New Story from Champaign-Urbana Health District Added to NACCHO’s PrEP Story BankTo support local health departments as they decide what they can or should be doing to implement Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention in their communities, NACCHO created the PrEP Story Bank to share examples of what local health departments are doing. NACCHO spoke to Candi Crause, Director of Infectious Disease Prevention and Management, and Jeffrey Kemp Rinderle, […] Oct 30, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging Infectious DiseasesThe International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta at the end of August and Jackie Lawler, an epidemiologist at the Orange County Health Department in New York and a member of NACCHO’s Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Workgroup, attended as the NACCHO partner representative on the ICEID 2015 Scientific Program Committee. […] Oct 13, 2015 | Christina Baum |
CDC Supports New WHO Early Release HIV Treatment and PrEP GuidelinesLast week, the CDC released a press release to welcome the announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) of new Early Release HIV Treatment and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) guidelines. This press release stated that these guidelines will significantly increase the number of people eligible for life-saving anti-retroviral treatment (ART) and expand access to a powerful tool for […] Oct 08, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
New World Health Organization Guidelines on ART and PrEPAt the end of September, the World Health Organization issued an “Early Release Guideline” on when to start antiretroviral therapy and on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention. This document recommends the initiation of ART in adults living with HIV, regardless of CD4 cell count, and offer of PrEP as a prevention option to all […] Oct 06, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
San Francisco is Changing the Face of AIDS TreatmentLast year, San Francisco had only 302 new HIV diagnoses, the lowest recorded number. In 1992, at the epidemic’s peak, there were 2,332 diagnoses. Eighty-two percent of residents with HIV currently are in care, and 72 percent are virally suppressed, results that are much higher than national averages. The city’s chief strength has been a willingness […] Oct 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
NACCHO Interviews a Local Health Department Disease Intervention Specialist to Celebrate DIS Recognition DayOctober 2, 2015 is National Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Recognition Day, a day that is celebrated annually on the first Friday in October to recognize this critical part of the public health workforce. The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) led the development of DIS Recognition Day four years ago to celebrate and honor the often […] Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
CDC Releases the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention Annual ReportCDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) released their 2014 Annual Report highlighting the division’s programmatic activities in 2014. This report discusses progress made towards DHAP’s mission of closing the gaps in HIV prevention, diagnosis, care, and awareness in the United States and celebrated successes such as supporting the delivery of pre-exposure prophylaxis... Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Lambda Legal Launches “Know Your Rights” Hub for People Living with HIVLambda Legal has launched “Know Your Rights: HIV” which provides information for people living with HIV people on an array of issues including housing; HIV testing; PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis); access to health care; HIV discrimination in the workplace; HIV discrimination outside of work; privacy and confidentiality; disclosing your HIV status; HIV criminalization; adoption, foster care,... Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
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