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

  • Visit the New PrEPWatch.org — A Global Clearinghouse on PrEP

    AVAC recently redesigned and updated www.prepwatch.org. The site is designed to be a clearinghouse for information on PrEP research...

    Oct 09, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss

  • 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

  • ASTHO Seeks Bids for Two Funding Opportunities!

    The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is currently seeking bids for two funding opportunities: 1) a grant...

    Oct 07, 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

  • Integrating Hepatitis Services into HIV Programs: NACCHO Shares the Local Health...

    On September 10-13, the 19th Annual United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) was held in Washington, DC. USCA brings together public...

    Oct 06, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss

  • 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

  • CDC Launches New Advanced Query and Data in the NCHHSTP Atlas

    The NCHHSTP Atlas is the one-stop shop for CDC’s most recent surveillance data on HIV, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB. The Atlas...

    Oct 05, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss

  • Supplemental HIV Surveillance Report: HIV/AIDS Data Through December 2013

    HRSA and CDC released a supplemental HIV surveillance report with HIV/AIDS data through December 2013. The annual HIV Surveillance...

    Oct 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases

    The 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

    Visit the New PrEPWatch.org — A Global Clearinghouse on PrEP

    AVAC recently redesigned and updated www.prepwatch.org. The site is designed to be a clearinghouse for information on PrEP research (ongoing and completed; clinical trials and demonstration projects), data, additional research, cost, access, and advocacy efforts across the globe. PrEPWatch will continue to evolve, and AVAC would like your input as it takes shape. Contact them at [email protected] if...

    Oct 09, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss

    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 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

    ASTHO Seeks Bids for Two Funding Opportunities!

    The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is currently seeking bids for two funding opportunities: 1) a grant opportunity to explore innovative approaches for the provision and payment of STD services; and 2) a grant opportunity to create a viral hepatitis epidemiological profile. The STD grant opportunity seeks to award four state or territorial health agencies with up...

    Oct 07, 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 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

    Integrating Hepatitis Services into HIV Programs: NACCHO Shares the Local Health Department Perspective at USCA

    On September 10-13, the 19th Annual United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) was held in Washington, DC. USCA brings together public health workers, advocates, policy makers, and people living with HIV to share strategies and ideas for how to tackle the HIV epidemic. The conference theme, “The numbers don’t lie: It’s time to end disparities,” […]

    Oct 06, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss

    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 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

    CDC Launches New Advanced Query and Data in the NCHHSTP Atlas

    The NCHHSTP Atlas is the one-stop shop for CDC’s most recent surveillance data on HIV, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB. The Atlas provides access to more than 10 years of the most essential CDC data for these diseases at the national, state, and county levels, and by populations. You can use the Atlas to see disease trends […]

    Oct 05, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss

    Supplemental HIV Surveillance Report: HIV/AIDS Data Through December 2013

    HRSA and CDC released a supplemental HIV surveillance report with HIV/AIDS data through December 2013. The annual HIV Surveillance Report provides an overview on the current epidemiology of HIV disease in the United States and dependent areas. Data are analyzed by CDC and then provided by age, race, sex, transmission category, and jurisdiction. Supplemental reports […]

    Oct 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    3 Newsletters1200 1
    Back to Top