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Potential Research Priorities to Inform Public Health and Medical Practice for...
Given the recent rapid spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) throughout the Americas and the presence of its vector mosquito species within...
Feb 29, 2016 | Alyson Jordan
President Obama Releases Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Proposal: Advancing the Commitment...
On February 9, President Obama released his fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request that outlines the Administration’s priorities...
Feb 18, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Fulton County Opens No-Cost PrEP Clinic
The Fulton County Health Department opened a no-cost PrEP clinic with the goal of reducing new HIV infections in three groups who are...
Feb 18, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Project Inform Releases New PrEP Resource
Project Inform and Outshine NW have developed “Transcending Barriers for Safer Pleasure,” a resource guide available in...
Feb 17, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Internet Partner Services Toolkit Now Available
CDC released a toolkit for technology-based STD and HIV Partner Services (IPS) that serves as a general resource for health...
Feb 17, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Disease Intervention Specialist Training: An Evolving Part of the Public Health...
By Julie Hartley, Disease Intervention Specialist, Monroe County (IN) Health Department Disease intervention specialists (DIS) are an...
Feb 17, 2016 | Guest Author
Referral System Implementation Kit
Connections for Student Success, a project by CAI aimed at increasing access to sexual health services in schools and communities,...
Feb 16, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
ACIP Releases 2016 Immunization Schedules
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has released the 2016 recommended immunization schedules for children and...
Feb 12, 2016 | Kate Drezner
The State of Health Informatics Capacity and Needs of Local Health Departments
NACCHO, in collaboration with Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University and supported by the CDC,...
Feb 10, 2016 | Alyson Jordan
Potential Research Priorities to Inform Public Health and Medical Practice for Domestic Zika Virus: Workshop in BriefGiven the recent rapid spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) throughout the Americas and the presence of its vector mosquito species within parts of the United States, RADM Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, determined an urgent need for additional research to better characterize ZIKV, especially those […] Feb 29, 2016 | Alyson Jordan |
President Obama Releases Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Proposal: Advancing the Commitment to Reaching an AIDS-free Generation in the United StatesOn February 9, President Obama released his fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request that outlines the Administration’s priorities and initiates the annual appropriations process. CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) received a $5 million increase in the budget proposal for the Division of Viral Hepatitis. The budget proposal also […] Feb 18, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Fulton County Opens No-Cost PrEP ClinicThe Fulton County Health Department opened a no-cost PrEP clinic with the goal of reducing new HIV infections in three groups who are disproportionately impacted by the epidemic in Atlanta: young men who have sex with men, HIV-negative people in a relationship with someone who has the virus, and women in high-risk groups. Fulton County […] Feb 18, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Project Inform Releases New PrEP ResourceProject Inform and Outshine NW have developed “Transcending Barriers for Safer Pleasure,” a resource guide available in English and Spanish about PrEP for women who are transgender and for other trans/gender variant people who were assigned male sex at birth. This resource guide provides information on PrEP as an HIV prevention tool, how to find […] Feb 17, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Internet Partner Services Toolkit Now AvailableCDC released a toolkit for technology-based STD and HIV Partner Services (IPS) that serves as a general resource for health departments, community-based organizations, and others authorized to provide HIV/STD partner services. It is designed for use with the Internet and other digital technologies such as mobile phones, computers, and social networking sites, to trace and […] Feb 17, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Disease Intervention Specialist Training: An Evolving Part of the Public Health WorkforceBy Julie Hartley, Disease Intervention Specialist, Monroe County (IN) Health Department Disease intervention specialists (DIS) are an integral part of the public health workforce. Originally established in the field of STD prevention, DIS have increasingly been utilized in other program areas such as tuberculosis, hepatitis, and HIV linkage and re-engagement in care. During times of public... Feb 17, 2016 | Guest Author |
Referral System Implementation KitConnections for Student Success, a project by CAI aimed at increasing access to sexual health services in schools and communities, produced the Referral System Implementation Kit to provide a framework for developing and implementing a referral system to connect youth to school or community-based sexual health services. This framework can also be used to establish a […] Feb 16, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
ACIP Releases 2016 Immunization SchedulesThe Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has released the 2016 recommended immunization schedules for children and adults. For more information, please visit the CDC’s website. Feb 12, 2016 | Kate Drezner |
The State of Health Informatics Capacity and Needs of Local Health DepartmentsNACCHO, in collaboration with Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University and supported by the CDC, conducted the 2015 Informatics Needs and Capacity of Local Health Departments survey to assess the informatics capacity, gaps, threats, and opportunities of 650 local health departments in the United States. See this infographic for a look […] Feb 10, 2016 | Alyson Jordan |
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