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Resource Guide: Tome El Control de Su Salud Sexual
The National Coalition for Sexual Health (NCSH), in collaboration with leading Hispanic organizations, including California Latinas...
Apr 19, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
STD Awareness Month Blog Series: Syphilis among Gay, Bisexual, and Other MSM
April is STD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is Syphilis Strikes Back. This week’s post highlights the impact of syphilis on...
Apr 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
#ShotOfScience: Social Media Campaign for Vaccine Science
As a lead in to the March for Science (April 22), the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) recently launched a new...
Apr 12, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
STD Awareness Month Blog Series: Syphilis in the U.S.
April is STD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is Syphilis Strikes Back. This theme was chosen by the Centers for Disease Control...
Apr 06, 2017 | Nicholas Parr
Celebrate World TB Day 2017
World Tuberculosis Day is March 24. To help public health agencies recognize this important awareness day, the Centers for Disease...
Mar 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Shingles Awareness Toolkit
As part of a Shingles Awareness Month campaign in Birmingham, Alabama (AL), the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases released a...
Mar 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Gear Up for STD Awareness Month!
April is STD Awareness Month. This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is focused on tackling the dangerous...
Mar 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Promoting Patient Safety: Overcoming Challenges at the Local Level
March 12–18 is Patient Safety Awareness Week, a campaign developed by the National Patient Safety Foundation to increase awareness...
Mar 13, 2017 | Erin Laird
MMWRs: Flu Vaccine Effectiveness and Influenza Activity in the U.S.
Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released two reports: Interim Estimates of 2016–17 Seasonal Influenza...
Feb 17, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Resource Guide: Tome El Control de Su Salud SexualThe National Coalition for Sexual Health (NCSH), in collaboration with leading Hispanic organizations, including California Latinas for Reproductive Justice and the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR), has issued a call-to-action to increase the uptake of essential preventive sexual health services in the Hispanic community. As a member of NCSH, NACCHO... Apr 19, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
STD Awareness Month Blog Series: Syphilis among Gay, Bisexual, and Other MSMApril is STD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is Syphilis Strikes Back. This week’s post highlights the impact of syphilis on gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). As noted in the first blog post of the series, syphilis is a bacterial infection that is primarily spread through sexual contact. […] Apr 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
#ShotOfScience: Social Media Campaign for Vaccine ScienceAs a lead in to the March for Science (April 22), the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) recently launched a new social media campaign focused on vaccine science. Vaccines remain a landmark accomplishment for public health and science. To promote greater public understanding about the science, safety, and efficacy of vaccines, the campaign features shareable and engaging […] Apr 12, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
STD Awareness Month Blog Series: Syphilis in the U.S.April is STD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is Syphilis Strikes Back. This theme was chosen by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention as a reminder that, despite the elimination of syphilis being within reach just a decade ago, we are seeing […] Apr 06, 2017 | Nicholas Parr |
Celebrate World TB Day 2017World Tuberculosis Day is March 24. To help public health agencies recognize this important awareness day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (CDC/DTBE) developed the following communication messages and materials: World TB Day Key Messages and Resources Document This downloadable PDF contains information that may be helpful in planning... Mar 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Shingles Awareness ToolkitAs part of a Shingles Awareness Month campaign in Birmingham, Alabama (AL), the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases released a digital Shingles Awareness Toolkit. The toolkit features a variety of communications materials, including a poster, FAQs, sample social media posts, PSA video, and sample newsletter/website language to help share information about shingles and the vaccine... Mar 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Gear Up for STD Awareness Month!April is STD Awareness Month. This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is focused on tackling the dangerous resurgence of syphilis. Reported cases and rates for primary and secondary syphilis are the highest they have been in more than 20 years. Rates have increased in every region, a majority of age groups, […] Mar 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Promoting Patient Safety: Overcoming Challenges at the Local LevelMarch 12–18 is Patient Safety Awareness Week, a campaign developed by the National Patient Safety Foundation to increase awareness about patient safety among health professionals and the public. Broadly defined, patient safety refers to the prevention of harm to patients, such as accidental or preventable injury or infection, while receiving medical care. Patient safety practices […] Mar 13, 2017 | Erin Laird |
MMWRs: Flu Vaccine Effectiveness and Influenza Activity in the U.S.Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released two reports: Interim Estimates of 2016–17 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness — United States, February 2017 and Update: Influenza Activity — United States, October 2, 2016–February 4, 2017. Please view the reports for updates. Also, be sure to view CDC’s “Take 3 Actions to Fight Flu” listicle and the... Feb 17, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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