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The O’Neill Institute at Georgetown Law released a Big Ideas brief and accompanying one-pager highlighting policy actions necessary to...
Apr 01, 2021 | Julia Zigman
This MMWR report from CDC shows increases in mental ill health among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and displays how trends in...
A new study funded by NIH’s National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) suggests that implementing PrEP distribution within a...
Mar 04, 2021 | Guest Author, Julia Zigman
On January 7, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released Viral Hepatitis National Strategic Plan for the...
Jan 19, 2021 | Kat Kelley
LHDs lead a coordinated response to the syndemic of hepatitis, HIV and other STIs, and substance use at the local level, but limited...
Dec 29, 2020 | Kat Kelley
The CDC issued a health advisory on October 5th to alert public health departments and healthcare providers to the possibility of new...
Oct 07, 2020 | Julia Zigman
CDC, in collaboration with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), published new recommendations for hepatitis A...
Jul 02, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
Check out this running list of journal articles and survey findings on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV, STI, viral...
May 26, 2020 | Rebekah Horowitz
As health departments pivot to work on COVID-19 response, there is a need to consider how to prioritize the work that is traditionally...
May 19, 2020 | Rebekah Horowitz
The O’Neill Institute at Georgetown Law released a Big Ideas brief and accompanying one-pager highlighting policy actions necessary to improve the health of people who use drugs and work towards ending the HIV epidemic.
This MMWR report from CDC shows increases in mental ill health among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and displays how trends in mental health can be used to evaluate the impact of strategies addressing adult mental health status and care during the pandemic and to guide interventions for disproportionately affected groups.
A new study funded by NIH’s National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) suggests that implementing PrEP distribution within a community-based syringe services program (SSP) gets the much-needed medication into the hands of women who inject drugs.
On January 7, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released Viral Hepatitis National Strategic Plan for the United States: A Roadmap to Elimination (2021—2025) (“the Hepatitis Plan”), which provides a framework for the elimination of viral hepatitis in the United States.
LHDs lead a coordinated response to the syndemic of hepatitis, HIV and other STIs, and substance use at the local level, but limited funding, staffing challenges, and the COVID-19 pandemic impact LHDs’ ability to prevent and ultimately eliminate viral hepatitis.
The CDC issued a health advisory on October 5th to alert public health departments and healthcare providers to the possibility of new injection-related HIV infections and outbreaks.
CDC, in collaboration with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), published new recommendations for hepatitis A vaccination.
Check out this running list of journal articles and survey findings on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV, STI, viral hepatitis, and harm reduction services.
As health departments pivot to work on COVID-19 response, there is a need to consider how to prioritize the work that is traditionally done within the more limited time that can be devoted to it. This resource post is intended to consolidate multiple guidance documents into one place which health departments can further modify for their individual setting and staffing during this time.
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