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Project Inform: Safer Consumption Spaces in the U.S.: Uniting for a National Movement
Project Inform released “Safer Consumption Spaces in the United States: Uniting for a National Movement.” This report stems from a...
Jun 26, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Report: Monitoring the Hepatitis C Epidemic in the U.S.: What Tools are Needed to...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 3.5 million Americans currently have HCV infection, and...
Jun 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Issue Brief: Supervised Consumption Services
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, released an issue brief on how supervised consumption services (SCS) — a public health...
Jun 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Listen Now: 2016-2017 PHI Webinar Series Recordings
In an effort to further explore using data to drive public health action at the local level, NACCHO hosted a webinar series focused on...
Jun 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
amfAR Launches Opioid & Health Indicators Database
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has launched an Opioid & Health Indicators database to be used as a tool that can provide...
Jun 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
HHS Announces $70 Million in Grants for Opioid Crisis
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced $70 million in grant funding to address the nation’s opioid crisis....
Jun 01, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Op-Ed: Interconnected, Intertwined, and Colliding: Co-occurring Epidemics of HIV,...
In a recent blog, Richard Wolitski, Ph.D., Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S Department of Health and...
May 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC: Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report Marks Increases in Hep B, Hep C
On May 11, 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new preliminary viral hepatitis surveillance data...
May 12, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Heroin Crisis: Nevada Becomes First State to Install Syringe Vending Machines
In a new approach to combat rising heroin and HIV rates, Las Vegas has implemented vending machines of clean needles. The syringe...
May 09, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Project Inform: Safer Consumption Spaces in the U.S.: Uniting for a National MovementProject Inform released “Safer Consumption Spaces in the United States: Uniting for a National Movement.” This report stems from a think tank of the same name, held in Baltimore, MD on September 27-28, 2016, where a group of nearly 50 people who use drugs, advocates, policy experts and other public health and harm reduction workers […] Jun 26, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Report: Monitoring the Hepatitis C Epidemic in the U.S.: What Tools are Needed to Achieve Elimination?The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 3.5 million Americans currently have HCV infection, and rates of new infections have increased nearly 2.9-fold between 2010 and 2015. The latest data from 2015 indicate that an estimated 33,900 new infections occurred that year alone. With a growing consensus in the global health community that […] Jun 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Issue Brief: Supervised Consumption ServicesamfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, released an issue brief on how supervised consumption services (SCS) — a public health intervention that provide a hygienic space for people to use illicit drugs under the supervision of trained staff — may help reduce the risk of HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission, prevent overdose fatalities, and connect PWUD with […] Jun 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Listen Now: 2016-2017 PHI Webinar Series RecordingsIn an effort to further explore using data to drive public health action at the local level, NACCHO hosted a webinar series focused on public health informatics – the applied science of information and computer information systems – as a critical tool to address public health threats and advance public health practice. The 2016-2017 PHI Conference Webinar […] Jun 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
amfAR Launches Opioid & Health Indicators DatabaseamfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has launched an Opioid & Health Indicators database to be used as a tool that can provide a window into the opioid epidemic unfolding across the United States. The free web platform was designed to support communities, lawmakers, and advocates in making informed decisions about the opioid epidemic and its […] Jun 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
HHS Announces $70 Million in Grants for Opioid CrisisThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced $70 million in grant funding to address the nation’s opioid crisis. The funding will be made available through the following three grants: Medication-Assisted Treatment and Prescription Drugs Opioid Addiction: Up to $28 million to 5 grantees to increase access of medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. […] Jun 01, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Op-Ed: Interconnected, Intertwined, and Colliding: Co-occurring Epidemics of HIV, Viral Hepatitis, & OpioidsIn a recent blog, Richard Wolitski, Ph.D., Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S Department of Health and Human Services, explored the relationship between injection drug use in the nation’s opioid epidemic, increases in hepatitis C infections, and regional outbreaks of HIV. Check out the blog and learn why continued coordination will be critical […] May 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC: Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report Marks Increases in Hep B, Hep COn May 11, 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new preliminary viral hepatitis surveillance data showing that hepatitis B infections in the U.S. increased 20.7% in 2015 and the number of new hepatitis C infections reported to CDC nearly tripled between 2010 and 2015, reaching a 15-year high. CDC estimates that about […] May 12, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Heroin Crisis: Nevada Becomes First State to Install Syringe Vending MachinesIn a new approach to combat rising heroin and HIV rates, Las Vegas has implemented vending machines of clean needles. The syringe exchange vending machines, a first in the United States, aren’t open to just anyone walking by; they are accessible to clients of Trac-B Exchange, a program run by the Las Vegas Harm Reduction […] May 09, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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