Popular Categories
NACCHO Policy Statement on Cannabis
NACCHO has published a policy statement, Medical and Recreational Cannabis and Cannabinoids, to assist health departments considering...
Jan 03, 2018 | Amy Chang
Food Safety Modernization Act: Explaining How the Voluntary Qualified Importer...
The Food and Drug Administration has released information describing how the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) works. The...
Jan 03, 2018 | Amy Chang
CDC Study: Increase in Hepatitis C Infections Linked to Worsening Opioid Crisis
New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that the recent steep increase in cases of acute...
Jan 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
HIV Criminalization Resources for People Living with HIV
Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN-USA) is excited to announce the launch of two new resources for 2018 as part of their...
Jan 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
HIV Care Continuum Manuals: Evidence-Based Interventions
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has developed four manuals to help Ryan White-funded (and other) HIV agencies...
Jan 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Toolkit: State Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes for PLWH
The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) recently released a comprehensive toolkit designed to support state public health...
Jan 02, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
PleasePrEPMe Launches State-Specific Resources
PleasePrEPMe recently launched PleasePrEPMe:Resources, individual web pages with online pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) resources for...
Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Fact Sheet: HIV Treatment, Viral Suppression, & Preventing the Sexual Transmission...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a new technical fact sheet that describes the process, science, and...
Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
2017 Sex Ed State Legislative Year-End Report
Last week, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) released its 2017 Sex Ed State Legislative Year-End...
Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO Policy Statement on CannabisNACCHO has published a policy statement, Medical and Recreational Cannabis and Cannabinoids, to assist health departments considering approaches to medical and recreational cannabis within their communities. The policy statement was proposed by NACCHO’s Public Health Law Workgroup and approved by the NACCHO Board of Directors. Learn more here. Jan 03, 2018 | Amy Chang |
Food Safety Modernization Act: Explaining How the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program Will WorkThe Food and Drug Administration has released information describing how the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) works. The information includes why importers should enroll in the program, how it benefits importers, the FDA, and the public health. Learn more here. Jan 03, 2018 | Amy Chang |
CDC Study: Increase in Hepatitis C Infections Linked to Worsening Opioid CrisisNew research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that the recent steep increase in cases of acute hepatitis C virus infection is associated with increases in opioid injection. The study examines data from CDC’s hepatitis surveillance system and from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s national database that tracks […] Jan 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
HIV Criminalization Resources for People Living with HIVPositive Women’s Network-USA (PWN-USA) is excited to announce the launch of two new resources for 2018 as part of their continued efforts to reform HIV criminalization laws nationwide and support people living with HIV targeted by those laws. The first resource is a Know Your Rights Guide for HIV Criminalization. This guide is a collection of important […] Jan 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
HIV Care Continuum Manuals: Evidence-Based InterventionsThe Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has developed four manuals to help Ryan White-funded (and other) HIV agencies implement evidence-informed interventions tested by the Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) program for linking, re-engaging, and retaining persons living with HIV (PLWH) in HIV care. The manuals focus on HIV care for specific populations through... Jan 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
Toolkit: State Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes for PLWHThe National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) recently released a comprehensive toolkit designed to support state public health and Medicaid collaborations aimed at improving health outcomes among people living with HIV (PLWH). This toolkit was developed based on the experiences of 19 states that participated in the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group (HHIAG), a […] Jan 02, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
PleasePrEPMe Launches State-Specific ResourcesPleasePrEPMe recently launched PleasePrEPMe:Resources, individual web pages with online pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) resources for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, in English and Spanish. Each page includes state-specific, regional and national PrEP education materials and other tools — from videos and websites to navigation toolkits and provider guides — all carefully vetted for... Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Fact Sheet: HIV Treatment, Viral Suppression, & Preventing the Sexual Transmission of HIVThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a new technical fact sheet that describes the process, science, and next steps in communicating around antiretroviral therapy (ART) and viral suppression of HIV. The fact sheet outlines the available evidence of HIV treatment and viral suppression in preventing sexual transmission of HIV, discusses how this new evidence […] Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
2017 Sex Ed State Legislative Year-End ReportLast week, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) released its 2017 Sex Ed State Legislative Year-End Report. The report offers an analysis of every state-level bill introduced in 2017 that relates to either advancing or restricting school-based sexuality education—including those focused on sexual violence prevention education. In 2017, 64 related bills […] Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Subscribe Today
Sign Up for the E-mail Digests
Create an account or login to MyNACCHO and go to "My Subscriptions."
SUBSCRIBE NOW
