Download the NACCHO Exchange on Opioids

Please view this document for instructions on how to download the Winter 2017 NACCHO Exchange on the local health department response...

Feb 09, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Webcast: Nation’s First Hepatitis C Elimination Summit

    On February 7, 2017, roughly 200 state and national leaders convened in Albany for the state’s and nation’s first “Hepatitis C...

    Feb 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • NASTAD Success Stories: Ready to End the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Epidemics Chair’s...

    The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has released a series of success stories highlighting local...

    Feb 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Report: Community Mobilization: An Assessment of Mechanisms and Barriers at...

    The Treatment Action Group recently released Community Mobilization: An Assessment of Mechanisms and Barriers at Community-Based and...

    Jan 23, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Houston Launches Citywide Plan to End HIV

    In November 2016, the city of Houston (TX), launched a citywide plan to end the HIV epidemic. “Roadmap to Ending the HIV Epidemic in...

    Dec 14, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data Report

    The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau’s (HAB) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data...

    Dec 09, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Reflections from the 2016 Harm Reduction Conference

    Harm reduction is an important movement that started thirty years ago in the early days of the HIV epidemic, when people who inject...

    Dec 06, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Denver Hits Anothers Major Milestone in Global Effort to End AIDS Epidemic

    On November 30, 2016, the day before World AIDS Day, Denver Public Health announced that the city achieved a second major milestone in...

    Dec 01, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • CDC Issue Brief: HIV and the Transgender Community

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an issue brief outlining the importance of involving the transgender...

    Oct 27, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Download the NACCHO Exchange on Opioids

    Please view this document for instructions on how to download the Winter 2017 NACCHO Exchange on the local health department response to the opioid epidemic. For more information, please contact Gretchen Weiss, Director, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, NACCHO.

    Feb 09, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Webcast: Nation’s First Hepatitis C Elimination Summit

    On February 7, 2017, roughly 200 state and national leaders convened in Albany for the state’s and nation’s first “Hepatitis C Elimination Summit,” where public health experts, advocates, and community stakeholders came together to learn from each other and formulate a framework for eliminating hepatitis C in New York State. The event was livestreamed (and is […]

    Feb 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    NASTAD Success Stories: Ready to End the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Epidemics Chair’s Challenge

    The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has released a series of success stories highlighting local health department’s HIV and viral hepatitis programs that address individual-, community-, and systems-level needs. These stories recognize the important work of health department HIV and viral hepatitis programs and demonstrate innovation, vision, and commitment to...

    Feb 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Report: Community Mobilization: An Assessment of Mechanisms and Barriers at Community-Based and AIDS Service Organizations

    The Treatment Action Group recently released Community Mobilization: An Assessment of Mechanisms and Barriers at Community-Based and AIDS Service Organizations in Nine U.S. Metropolitan Areas, which summarizes a three-year effort to more fully elucidate the mechanisms of HIV community mobilization in nine high-prevalence metropolitan areas and to more fully understand the myriad mechanisms of,...

    Jan 23, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Houston Launches Citywide Plan to End HIV

    In November 2016, the city of Houston (TX), launched a citywide plan to end the HIV epidemic. “Roadmap to Ending the HIV Epidemic in Houston” offers more than 30 recommendations for health care providers and policymakers in an ambitious effort to decrease new cases of HIV from roughly 1,200 per year to 600, or cut the […]

    Dec 14, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data Report

    The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau’s (HAB) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data Report, 2015 is now available on the HAB website. This publication reflects HAB’s ongoing commitment to ensuring the availability of timely program information in a variety of consumer-friendly formats. The report providers stakeholders and partners access to...

    Dec 09, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Reflections from the 2016 Harm Reduction Conference

    Harm reduction is an important movement that started thirty years ago in the early days of the HIV epidemic, when people who inject drugs and their sex partners were dying of AIDS at alarming rates. Harm reduction is a framework for meeting people where they are at and reducing the negative consequences of drug use. […]

    Dec 06, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Denver Hits Anothers Major Milestone in Global Effort to End AIDS Epidemic

    On November 30, 2016, the day before World AIDS Day, Denver Public Health announced that the city achieved a second major milestone in UNAIDS’ 90-90-90 treatment targets for ending the AIDS epidemic. Now, in Denver, not only do 90% of people living with HIV know their HIV status, but 90% percent of those diagnosed and in HIV […]

    Dec 01, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    CDC Issue Brief: HIV and the Transgender Community

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an issue brief outlining the importance of involving the transgender community in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The brief highlighted the lack of reliable HIV surveillance data for transgender populations. Acknowledging that HIV in transgender communities is a complex topic with compounding social issues, the CDC cited […]

    Oct 27, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

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