Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging...

The International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta at the end of August and Jackie Lawler, an...

Oct 13, 2015 | Christina Baum

  • NACCHO Interviews a Local Health Department Disease Intervention Specialist to...

    October 2, 2015 is National Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Recognition Day, a day that is celebrated annually on the first...

    Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Three Ways to Support Local Food Safety During National Food Safety Month

    By Bryan Chapman, CP-FS, Vice President of Strategic Development, StateFoodSafety.com Since President Obama signed the Food Safety...

    Sep 22, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Study on Partner Services in STD Prevention Programs

    A 2015 study published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases conducted a review of current literature on partner services...

    Sep 15, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu

  • Update on Partner Treatment for STIs

    The Guttmacher Institute recently released a State Policy Brief on partner treatment for STIs which explores state policies around...

    Aug 24, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Report Back from the National Sexual Health Conference

    The World Health Organization defines sexual health as “a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to...

    Aug 18, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Landmark Trial Shows No HIV Infections from Partners with Fully Suppressed Virus

    Final follow up from a major study, HPTN 052, examining how antiretrovirals reduce the risk of HIV transmission among heterosexuals...

    Jul 29, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

  • Three New Reports Offer Recommendations for Updating the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

    The O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center has released series of three policy...

    Jul 13, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

  • Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases

    The International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta at the end of August and Jackie Lawler, an epidemiologist at the Orange County Health Department in New York and a member of NACCHO’s Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Workgroup, attended as the NACCHO partner representative on the ICEID 2015 Scientific Program Committee. […]

    Oct 13, 2015 | Christina Baum

    NACCHO Interviews a Local Health Department Disease Intervention Specialist to Celebrate DIS Recognition Day

    October 2, 2015 is National Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Recognition Day, a day that is celebrated annually on the first Friday in October to recognize this critical part of the public health workforce. The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) led the development of DIS Recognition Day four years ago to celebrate and honor the often […]

    Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    Three Ways to Support Local Food Safety During National Food Safety Month

    By Bryan Chapman, CP-FS, Vice President of Strategic Development, StateFoodSafety.com Since President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act, the United States has shown more commitment to the discussion of food safety from farm to fork than perhaps at any other time. Statutory mandates for food safety training at all levels are increasing—right down to […]

    Sep 22, 2015 | Guest Author

    Study on Partner Services in STD Prevention Programs

    A 2015 study published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases conducted a review of current literature on partner services programs with the goal of informing STD prevention programs. Partner service programs have been a mainstay of public health STD prevention for decades. The study found that value is maximized by balancing a portfolio of patient and […]

    Sep 15, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu

    Update on Partner Treatment for STIs

    The Guttmacher Institute recently released a State Policy Brief on partner treatment for STIs which explores state policies around Expedited Partner Therapy, the clinical practice of treating the sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea by providing prescriptions or medications to take to his or her partner without first being examined by a […]

    Aug 24, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    Report Back from the National Sexual Health Conference

    The World Health Organization defines sexual health as “a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity. Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe […]

    Aug 18, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    Landmark Trial Shows No HIV Infections from Partners with Fully Suppressed Virus

    Final follow up from a major study, HPTN 052, examining how antiretrovirals reduce the risk of HIV transmission among heterosexuals has found that no participant with fully suppressed viral load infected his or her long-term HIV negative partner. The results come four years after the study’s initial results indicated that early HIV treatment reduced the […]

    Jul 29, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

    Three New Reports Offer Recommendations for Updating the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

    The O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center has released series of three policy briefs issuing recommendations for ensuring that the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program is updated to be maximally effective in a changing healthcare environment. Leading HIV/AIDS experts authored the briefs to help HIV community stakeholders conceptualize structural...

    Jul 13, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

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