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Toolkit on Gender-Response Approach to HIV Prevention
The Office on Women’s Health (OWH) has developed the HIV Prevention Toolkit: A Gender-Responsive Approach as a resource designed...
Jun 24, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
New York City Recognizes Hepatitis Testing Day and Highlights the Important Role...
May 19 is Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States and provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of screening for...
May 19, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
2016 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau is holding the 2016 National Ryan White Conference on HIV...
Mar 28, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Using Data to Improve Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum: Lessons Learned from...
By Ejay Jack, Community Health Program Supervisor, Hennepin County (MN) Public Health In December 2015, the National HIV Prevention...
Jan 29, 2016 | Guest Author
NACCHO Resources to Address the Recommendations in the “Outbreaks: Protecting...
On December 17, the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released their annual report on the state of...
Dec 17, 2015 | Sara Chang
Findings Now Available from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’s Special Projects of...
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has presented findings and lessons from a four-year...
Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Rodent Control and Public Health: Examining Local Rodent Control Programs
From the 1900 San Francisco bubonic plague epidemic to the 2012 Yosemite National Park hantavirus infection outbreak, rodents have...
Nov 11, 2015 | Lisa Brown
NCSD Releases New Resources
The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has released new resources including the 2015 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines Wall Chart,...
Oct 29, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Toolkit on Gender-Response Approach to HIV PreventionThe Office on Women’s Health (OWH) has developed the HIV Prevention Toolkit: A Gender-Responsive Approach as a resource designed for health departments, clinical staff, academics, program planners, managers, and community providers who are involved in HIV prevention programs for women and adolescent girls. The Toolkit is composed of six sections: sections 1 through 4 provide background on... Jun 24, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
New York City Recognizes Hepatitis Testing Day and Highlights the Important Role LHDs Play in Addressing Viral HepatitisMay 19 is Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States and provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of screening for hepatitis B and C. It is estimated that up to 5 million Americans have viral hepatitis, but less than a third of people with chronic hepatitis B and just half of those with chronic […] May 19, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
2016 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and TreatmentThe Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau is holding the 2016 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment on August 23–26 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington, DC. The conference theme is “Forward Momentum: Accelerating Access. Optimizing Care. Transforming Public Health.” The conference is an opportunity for participants to engage with peers... Mar 28, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Using Data to Improve Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum: Lessons Learned from the 2015 National HIV Prevention ConferenceBy Ejay Jack, Community Health Program Supervisor, Hennepin County (MN) Public Health In December 2015, the National HIV Prevention Conference was held in Atlanta and I had the pleasure to attend through NACCHO’s support. This opportunity allowed me to network with colleagues and experts from across the county in an effort to share research and […] Jan 29, 2016 | Guest Author |
NACCHO Resources to Address the Recommendations in the “Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases” ReportOn December 17, the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released their annual report on the state of prevention and control of infectious disease outbreaks in the United States. Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases analyzes the country’s policies related to ongoing and emerging infectious disease threats and provides recommendations to […] Dec 17, 2015 | Sara Chang |
Findings Now Available from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’s Special Projects of National Significance Hep C InitiativeThe Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has presented findings and lessons from a four-year demonstration project that supported 29 organizations implementing focused interventions designed to increase access to and completion of hepatitis C (HCV) treatment for people also living with HIV. Among the estimated 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United... Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Rodent Control and Public Health: Examining Local Rodent Control ProgramsFrom the 1900 San Francisco bubonic plague epidemic to the 2012 Yosemite National Park hantavirus infection outbreak, rodents have always been a lurking environmental threat, capable of compromising the public’s health. In addition to potentially carrying parasites and pathogens, rodents have been destroying infrastructure, infesting houses and businesses, and damaging property for centuries. To... Nov 11, 2015 | Lisa Brown |
NCSD Releases New ResourcesThe National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has released new resources including the 2015 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines Wall Chart, a customizable factsheet on Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) state policy, a resource on HIV and STD prevention in prisons and jails, and the 2014 STD and HIV Legislative Highlights and Analysis. 2015 CDC STD Treatment […] Oct 29, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
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