Calling All DIS: Provide Your Input to Inform a National DIS Certification Program

NACCHO, in partnership with the Public Health Accreditation Board, the National Coalition of STD Directors, and the CDC is working to...

Nov 18, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • CDC Releases Its Annual Report “Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2014”

    Today, the CDC released its annual report, “Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2014.” The data are based on state...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Access Archived Materials from NCSD’s 2015 Annual Meeting

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) held their annual meeting in Savannah, GA in October. Presentation topics reflected the...

    Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • NCSD Announces Ten Year Agreement with Trojan Brand Condoms

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) announced the launch of a ten-year partnership with the makers of Trojan brand condoms...

    Nov 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • NCSD Releases New Resources

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has released new resources including the 2015 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines Wall Chart,...

    Oct 29, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • 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

  • ASTHO Seeks Bids for Two Funding Opportunities!

    The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is currently seeking bids for two funding opportunities: 1) a grant...

    Oct 07, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • CDC Launches New Advanced Query and Data in the NCHHSTP Atlas

    The NCHHSTP Atlas is the one-stop shop for CDC’s most recent surveillance data on HIV, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB. The Atlas...

    Oct 05, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss

  • 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

  • Calling All DIS: Provide Your Input to Inform a National DIS Certification Program

    NACCHO, in partnership with the Public Health Accreditation Board, the National Coalition of STD Directors, and the CDC is working to develop a national certification program for Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS). The effort aims to strengthen and formalize the role of DIS, expand the recognition of DIS and the profession, ensure adequate training, and improve […]

    Nov 18, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    CDC Releases Its Annual Report “Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2014”

    Today, the CDC released its annual report, “Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2014.” The data are based on state and local STD case reports from a variety of private and public sources. In 2014, increases were seen in all three nationally reported STDs- chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Chlamydia: There was an overall rate increase of 2.8%  from […]

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    Access Archived Materials from NCSD’s 2015 Annual Meeting

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) held their annual meeting in Savannah, GA in October. Presentation topics reflected the wide range of issues affecting HIV and STD programs across the country, including staffing, evaluation, performance outcome measures, surveillance, state policy to the re-emergence of congenital syphilis, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention, and adapting...

    Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    NCSD Announces Ten Year Agreement with Trojan Brand Condoms

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) announced the launch of a ten-year partnership with the makers of Trojan brand condoms during its 19th annual meeting. As part of NCSD’s ongoing campaign “Condoms (Still) Work!” this partnership will bring a donation of more than 1,000,000 Trojan brand condoms to health departments. Since announcing the launch of the “Condoms...

    Nov 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    NCSD Releases New Resources

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has released new resources including the 2015 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines Wall Chart, a customizable factsheet on Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) state policy, a resource on HIV and STD prevention in prisons and jails, and the 2014 STD and HIV Legislative Highlights and Analysis. 2015 CDC STD Treatment […]

    Oct 29, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    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

    ASTHO Seeks Bids for Two Funding Opportunities!

    The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is currently seeking bids for two funding opportunities: 1) a grant opportunity to explore innovative approaches for the provision and payment of STD services; and 2) a grant opportunity to create a viral hepatitis epidemiological profile. The STD grant opportunity seeks to award four state or territorial health agencies with up...

    Oct 07, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    CDC Launches New Advanced Query and Data in the NCHHSTP Atlas

    The NCHHSTP Atlas is the one-stop shop for CDC’s most recent surveillance data on HIV, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB. The Atlas provides access to more than 10 years of the most essential CDC data for these diseases at the national, state, and county levels, and by populations. You can use the Atlas to see disease trends […]

    Oct 05, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss

    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

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