The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
May 19th, Hepatitis Testing Day, gives us an opportunity to educate, raise awareness, and promote testing in hopes of identifying the...
May 19, 2021 | Shalesha Majors
For Hepatitis Awareness Month 2021, NACCHO hosted a webinar highlighting how state and local health departments in Pennsylvania are...
May 18, 2021 | Kat Kelley
CDC’s NHBS-Trans report found that 42% of transgender women surveyed in seven major US cities have HIV.
Apr 15, 2021 | Guest Author, Julia Zigman
DIS reflections from the 2020STD Engage Conference with Feliece Carabello.
Jan 22, 2021 | Guest Author, Shalesha Majors
WHO released new guidelines for preventing mother-to-child transmission of Hepatitis B, warning that the COVID-19 pandemic is...
Jul 29, 2020 | Julia Zigman
July 28 was World Hepatitis Day, and this year’s theme from the World Health Organization is “Invest in eliminating hepatitis.”...
Aug 02, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
In honor of Hepatitis Testing Day, which is celebrated annually on May 19, HepVu has launched new infographics in both English and...
May 20, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO is launching a community of practice (CoP) that focuses on STI express services, also known as fast-tracking, which refer to...
May 01, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Observed each April, STD Awareness Month serves to raise awareness about what sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs)...
Apr 03, 2019 | Rebekah Horowitz
May 19th, Hepatitis Testing Day, gives us an opportunity to educate, raise awareness, and promote testing in hopes of identifying the millions of people who are living with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) and are unaware of their status
For Hepatitis Awareness Month 2021, NACCHO hosted a webinar highlighting how state and local health departments in Pennsylvania are mobilizing partners to eliminate viral hepatitis and tackle the syndemic of viral hepatitis, HIV and other STIs, and substance use.
WHO released new guidelines for preventing mother-to-child transmission of Hepatitis B, warning that the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening gains made in eliminating Hepatitis B and C, which cause liver damage and liver cancer.
July 28 was World Hepatitis Day, and this year’s theme from the World Health Organization is “Invest in eliminating hepatitis.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 257 million people are living with hepatitis B and 71 million people are living with hepatitis C worldwide. In the United States, only half of […]
In honor of Hepatitis Testing Day, which is celebrated annually on May 19, HepVu has launched new infographics in both English and Spanish to encourage vaccination for Hepatitis A and testing for Hepatitis B and C. For more information or to access the infographics, visit here.
NACCHO is launching a community of practice (CoP) that focuses on STI express services, also known as fast-tracking, which refer to triage-based STI testing without a full clinical examination. About Express Services To address rising STI rates and related health care costs, some U.S. and international STI clinics have introduced STI express services, and many […]
Observed each April, STD Awareness Month serves to raise awareness about what sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs) are, how they impact our lives, and why it’s important to prevent, test for, and treat them. As such, NACCHO leverages this observance annually to bring attention to STDs/STIs and mobilize health departments to strengthen their prevention, testing, and treatment...
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NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
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