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HHS Releases Implementation Guidance to Support Syringe Services Programs
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued guidance regarding the use of Federal funds to implement or expand...
Mar 29, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
World Hepatitis Day Theme Announced
The theme for this year’s World Hepatitis Day, July 28, is “Elimination.” This year, two organizations are making...
Mar 16, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
President Obama Releases Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Proposal: Advancing the Commitment...
On February 9, President Obama released his fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request that outlines the Administration’s priorities...
Feb 18, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Disease Intervention Specialist Training: An Evolving Part of the Public Health...
By Julie Hartley, Disease Intervention Specialist, Monroe County (IN) Health Department Disease intervention specialists (DIS) are an...
Feb 17, 2016 | Guest Author
Technical Consultation on the Elimination of Perinatal Hepatitis B in the U.S.: What...
By Cynthia English, RN BSN, Communicable Disease Specialist, Saint Louis County (MO) Department of Public Health Hepatitis B infection...
Feb 09, 2016 | Guest Author
MMWR Highlights Increases in Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infections in Three States
A Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published in January 2016 describes an emerging hepatitis B epidemic in Kentucky,...
Feb 03, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Join NACCHO’s HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis Sentinel Network
NACCHO is forming an HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis Sentinel Network to provide situational awareness of local health department...
Jan 20, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
NCHHSTP Seeks Health Department Input on Atlas Through Short Survey
CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) is seeking local health department input on the...
Jan 14, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Report Available from AASLD Meeting Community Affiliate Event
On November 16 during the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Annual Liver Meeting, Project Inform, the...
Dec 29, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
HHS Releases Implementation Guidance to Support Syringe Services ProgramsThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued guidance regarding the use of Federal funds to implement or expand syringe services programs (SSPs) for people who inject drugs. The guidance was designed for programs directly funded by HHS interested in implementing or expanding SSPs. SSPs include the provision of sterile needles, syringes, […] Mar 29, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
World Hepatitis Day Theme AnnouncedThe theme for this year’s World Hepatitis Day, July 28, is “Elimination.” This year, two organizations are making strides toward the elimination of viral hepatitis. The World Health Organization is set to adopt the first strategy for the elimination of viral hepatitis and the Institute of Medicine is assessing the feasibility of eliminating viral hepatitis in the United […] Mar 16, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
President Obama Releases Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Proposal: Advancing the Commitment to Reaching an AIDS-free Generation in the United StatesOn February 9, President Obama released his fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request that outlines the Administration’s priorities and initiates the annual appropriations process. CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) received a $5 million increase in the budget proposal for the Division of Viral Hepatitis. The budget proposal also […] Feb 18, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Disease Intervention Specialist Training: An Evolving Part of the Public Health WorkforceBy Julie Hartley, Disease Intervention Specialist, Monroe County (IN) Health Department Disease intervention specialists (DIS) are an integral part of the public health workforce. Originally established in the field of STD prevention, DIS have increasingly been utilized in other program areas such as tuberculosis, hepatitis, and HIV linkage and re-engagement in care. During times of public... Feb 17, 2016 | Guest Author |
Technical Consultation on the Elimination of Perinatal Hepatitis B in the U.S.: What Local Health Departments Can DoBy Cynthia English, RN BSN, Communicable Disease Specialist, Saint Louis County (MO) Department of Public Health Hepatitis B infection in a pregnant woman poses a serious risk to her infant at birth. Without post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), approximately 40% of infants born to hepatitis B-infected mothers in the United States will develop chronic hepatitis B infection, approximately one-fourth... Feb 09, 2016 | Guest Author |
MMWR Highlights Increases in Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infections in Three StatesA Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published in January 2016 describes an emerging hepatitis B epidemic in Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Since 2009, these Appalachian states have reported an increase in cases of acute HBV infection among non-Hispanic whites, persons aged 30–39 years, and injection drug users. Almost half of these new cases were […] Feb 03, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Join NACCHO’s HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis Sentinel NetworkNACCHO is forming an HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis Sentinel Network to provide situational awareness of local health department activities, needs, challenges, and successes. The Sentinel Network will be a critical mechanism for gathering the local health department perspective so that NACCHO can fulfill its mission to be a leader, partner, catalyst, and voice for […] Jan 20, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
NCHHSTP Seeks Health Department Input on Atlas Through Short SurveyCDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) is seeking local health department input on the NCHHSTP Atlas interactive tool. This tool gives users the power to analyze, map, and create tables using more than 10 years of HIV, STD, hepatitis, and TB data that are reported to CDC. Your feedback […] Jan 14, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Report Available from AASLD Meeting Community Affiliate EventOn November 16 during the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Annual Liver Meeting, Project Inform, the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable, Caring Ambassadors Program, Harm Reduction Coalition, Hepatitis C Mentor & Support Group, and the Hepatitis Education Project hosted an affiliate event during which a group of leading medical providers presented about […] Dec 29, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
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