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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2018
February 7, 2018 marks the 18th year for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), a national HIV testing and treatment...
Feb 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
SAMHSA Funding Opportunity: 2018 Minority AIDS Initiative
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting...
Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
FREE Continuing Education: HIV Testing and Diagnosis Delays
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and Medscape...
Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
NASTAD Call to Action: Supervised Injection Facilities
In response to increasing incidence of hepatitis, HIV, and overdose death related to opioid and other drug use in America, the...
Jan 30, 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
School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 4
This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School...
Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Funding Opportunity: OraQuick HIV Testing Grant
OraSure and The AIDS Institute recently announced the launch of the OraQuick HIV Testing Grant to encourage the development of...
Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Vital Signs: Frequency of HIV Testing, Time from Infection to Diagnosis Improve
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Vital Signs report today showing that people at risk for HIV are...
Nov 29, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Report: HIV Testing, Linkage to Care, and Partner Services for Women
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that diagnoses of HIV infection among women declined 17...
Nov 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2018February 7, 2018 marks the 18th year for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), a national HIV testing and treatment community mobilization initiative targeted at Blacks in the United States and the Diaspora. This year’s theme is “Stay the course, the fight is not over!” NBHAAD was founded in 1999 as a national response to the […] Feb 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
SAMHSA Funding Opportunity: 2018 Minority AIDS InitiativeThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for the fiscal year 2018 Minority AIDS Initiative: Service Integration grant program. The purpose of this program is to integrate evidence-based, culturally competent mental and substance use disorder treatment with HIV primary care and prevention services.... Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
FREE Continuing Education: HIV Testing and Diagnosis DelaysThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) and Medscape introduced a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity that describes diagnosis delay among persons infected with HIV: Vital Signs: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Diagnosis Delays — United States. This activity is intended for infectious disease clinicians,... Jan 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
NASTAD Call to Action: Supervised Injection FacilitiesIn response to increasing incidence of hepatitis, HIV, and overdose death related to opioid and other drug use in America, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has evaluated evidence-based interventions intended to address these intersecting epidemics, including Supervised Injection Facilities. As part of this work, NASTAD released Call to Action: Supervised... Jan 30, 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 |
School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 4This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health’s (DASH) initiative, Expanding Partnerships and Disseminating HIV Prevention Materials to Reduce HIV and other STDs among Adolescents through National Non-Governmental Organizations (PS16-1603). The initiative was created to increase education of key stakeholders... Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Funding Opportunity: OraQuick HIV Testing GrantOraSure and The AIDS Institute recently announced the launch of the OraQuick HIV Testing Grant to encourage the development of innovative HIV self-testing programs. Grant recipients will receive: (up to) 500 OraQuick In-Home HIV testing kits (up to) 200 OraQuick ADVANCE HIV 1/2 Antibody tests (up to) $5,000 (USD) to assist with the costs of […] Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Vital Signs: Frequency of HIV Testing, Time from Infection to Diagnosis ImproveThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Vital Signs report today showing that people at risk for HIV are getting tested more frequently than in the past, and the amount of time Americans are living with HIV before finding out about their infection has gotten shorter. Key Findings Median time from HIV […] Nov 29, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Report: HIV Testing, Linkage to Care, and Partner Services for WomenA new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that diagnoses of HIV infection among women declined 17 percent during 2011–2015, but a total of 7,498 women – 60% of whom are black – received a diagnosis of HIV infection in 2015. By the end of 2014, an estimated 255,900 women were […] Nov 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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