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New Updates: amfAR Opioid & Health Indicators Database
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, launched an Opioid & Health Indicators database in June 2017 to be used as a tool that...
Jan 11, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Watch Now: The Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on City and Local Health Departments
As the opioid epidemic remains prevalent across the United States, local and city health departments are seeing a correlated increase...
Jan 08, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Study: Increase in Hepatitis C Infections Linked to Worsening Opioid Crisis
New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that the recent steep increase in cases of acute...
Jan 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Commentary: The Hidden Health Crisis of the Opioid Epidemic
Representatives from the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation...
Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Report: Eliminating Opioid Overdoses, Deaths, and Substance Use Disorders Exceeds...
Altarum recently released a report assessing the potential societal benefit of eliminating opioid overdoses, death, and substance use...
Nov 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Now Streaming: Hidden Casualties: The Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic on the...
The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy coordinated a Facebook event, Hidden Casualties: The Consequences of the...
Nov 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Success Stories: Unite to End the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Epidemics
As part of this year’s Unite to End the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Epidemics Chair’s Challenge, the National Alliance of State and...
Nov 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Report: HIV Among People Who Inject Drugs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) serves as a key component of its...
Oct 17, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Podcast from Washington: October 13, 2017
In this week’s Podcast from Washington update, NACCHO government affairs team members Ian Goldstein and Eli Briggs discuss...
Oct 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
New Updates: amfAR Opioid & Health Indicators DatabaseamfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, launched an Opioid & Health Indicators database in June 2017 to be used as a tool that can provide a window into the opioid epidemic unfolding across the United States. The database now includes new features and content. For the first time, users can now compare data on opioid use, drug-related mortality, HIV, […] Jan 11, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
Watch Now: The Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on City and Local Health DepartmentsAs the opioid epidemic remains prevalent across the United States, local and city health departments are seeing a correlated increase in opioid use and the diagnosis of infectious diseases, especially hepatitis C. Last year at the 2017 NACCHO Annual Conference, OraSure Technologies hosted a session welcoming members from various health departments to discuss how they […] Jan 08, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Study: Increase in Hepatitis C Infections Linked to Worsening Opioid CrisisNew research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that the recent steep increase in cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection is associated with increases in opioid injection. The study examines data from CDC’s hepatitis surveillance system and from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s national database that tracks […] Jan 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
Commentary: The Hidden Health Crisis of the Opioid EpidemicRepresentatives from the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) recently penned an article about the link between hepatitis C and the opioid epidemic. Per the article, the unprecedented rate of injection drug use in our country has created a new generation of hepatitis C patients […] Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Report: Eliminating Opioid Overdoses, Deaths, and Substance Use Disorders Exceeds $95 Billion per YearAltarum recently released a report assessing the potential societal benefit of eliminating opioid overdoses, death, and substance use disorders, and found that the benefit would have exceeded $95 billion dollars in 2016. Part of that benefit comes from a $9.2 billion reduction in indirect healthcare costs, which includes the costs associated with the increased risk and treatment […] Nov 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Now Streaming: Hidden Casualties: The Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic on the Spread of Infectious DiseaseThe HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy coordinated a Facebook event, Hidden Casualties: The Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic on the Spread of Infectious Disease, that more than 4,500 viewers streamed live. The symposium brought together HHS leaders to draw attention to infectious diseases that are spreading rapidly because of the opioid epidemic. View the […] Nov 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Success Stories: Unite to End the HIV and Viral Hepatitis EpidemicsAs part of this year’s Unite to End the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Epidemics Chair’s Challenge, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released the second installment in a series of success stories collected from around the nation. This installment features programs from Michigan, North Carolina, and Philadelphia and highlights their health […] Nov 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Report: HIV Among People Who Inject DrugsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) serves as a key component of its high-impact prevention approach to reducing the spread of HIV in the United States. It provides data for monitoring behaviors among populations at risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV infection and identifying the populations for whom […] Oct 17, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Podcast from Washington: October 13, 2017In this week’s Podcast from Washington update, NACCHO government affairs team members Ian Goldstein and Eli Briggs discuss changes made by Executive Order to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Also, NACCHO Senior Advisor for Public Health Programs Dr. Oscar Alleyne is on the program to give an update on hurricane and wildfire relief efforts by local […] Oct 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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