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World Hepatitis Day 2017: Local Health Departments Move Toward Elimination
World Hepatitis Day takes places every year on July 28 to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and influence real...
Jul 28, 2017 | Gretchen Weiss
Linking Data Systems for Faster Flu Responses in the County of San Diego
With another flu season come and gone, the summer season is a prime opportunity to make improvements and prepare for the next year’s...
Jul 24, 2017 | Sara Chang
Treatment Action Group: 2017 Pipeline Report
Treatment Action Group (TAG) recently launched its annual research and development landscape analysis: The Pipeline Report: Drugs,...
Jul 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
New Curricula Address HIV, HCV & Co-Infection
National HIV Curriculum The AIDS Education & Training Center (AETC) National Coordinating Resource Center, in partnership with the...
Jul 17, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO Annual 2017: FREE Dinner & Discussion on Eliminating HCV
Are you attending NACCHO Annual 2017? If so, NACCHO invites you to join us for a special session, “Toward Hepatitis C...
Jun 27, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO Annual 2017: Learn More about Infectious Diseases & Informatics
The 2017 NACCHO Annual Conference will feature a variety of sharing sessions highlighting key focus areas of NACCHO’s Infectious...
Jun 26, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
2015 Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released preliminary viral hepatitis surveillance data. Now, the full...
Jun 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Report: Monitoring the Hepatitis C Epidemic in the U.S.: What Tools are Needed to...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 3.5 million Americans currently have HCV infection, and...
Jun 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Issue Brief: Supervised Consumption Services
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, released an issue brief on how supervised consumption services (SCS) — a public health...
Jun 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
World Hepatitis Day 2017: Local Health Departments Move Toward EliminationWorld Hepatitis Day takes places every year on July 28 to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and influence real change. Viral hepatitis is a major global health threat with around 240 million people living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and up to 150 million people living with chronic hepatitis C […] Jul 28, 2017 | Gretchen Weiss |
Linking Data Systems for Faster Flu Responses in the County of San DiegoWith another flu season come and gone, the summer season is a prime opportunity to make improvements and prepare for the next year’s response. As such, NACCHO staff took time to speak with Applied Public Health Informatics Fellow Robyn Matthews, MPH, to learn about her project to improve public health response to influenza by leveraging […] Jul 24, 2017 | Sara Chang |
Treatment Action Group: 2017 Pipeline ReportTreatment Action Group (TAG) recently launched its annual research and development landscape analysis: The Pipeline Report: Drugs, Diagnostics, Vaccines, Preventive Technologies, Research Toward a Cure, and Immune-Based and Gene Therapies in Development. This year’s Pipeline Report continues to demonstrate the significant yields of drugs and biologics research and the advancement of breakthrough... Jul 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
New Curricula Address HIV, HCV & Co-InfectionNational HIV Curriculum The AIDS Education & Training Center (AETC) National Coordinating Resource Center, in partnership with the University of Washington, with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau, is pleased to launch the AETC National HIV Curriculum (NHC). This online tool, the only one of […] Jul 17, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
NACCHO Annual 2017: FREE Dinner & Discussion on Eliminating HCVAre you attending NACCHO Annual 2017? If so, NACCHO invites you to join us for a special session, “Toward Hepatitis C Elimination: The Role of Local Health Departments in Increasing Access to Hepatitis C Care and Treatment.” the event will begin with dinner and refreshments, including wine and beer, followed by presentations and discussion in which experts […] Jun 27, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
NACCHO Annual 2017: Learn More about Infectious Diseases & InformaticsThe 2017 NACCHO Annual Conference will feature a variety of sharing sessions highlighting key focus areas of NACCHO’s Infectious Disease and Informatics (IDI) portfolio, including: HIV, STI & Hepatitis, Immunization, Emerging Infections and Outbreak Response. This year, the conference will feature an entire track dedicated to Informatics. For those registrants, or potential registrants, with... Jun 26, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
2015 Viral Hepatitis Surveillance ReportLast month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released preliminary viral hepatitis surveillance data. Now, the full scope of that data is available in CDC’s 2015 Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report. Highlights from the report include the following: The number of reported cases of hepatitis A increased 12.2% to 1,390 cases in 2015. After […] Jun 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Report: Monitoring the Hepatitis C Epidemic in the U.S.: What Tools are Needed to Achieve Elimination?The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 3.5 million Americans currently have HCV infection, and rates of new infections have increased nearly 2.9-fold between 2010 and 2015. The latest data from 2015 indicate that an estimated 33,900 new infections occurred that year alone. With a growing consensus in the global health community that […] Jun 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Issue Brief: Supervised Consumption ServicesamfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, released an issue brief on how supervised consumption services (SCS) — a public health intervention that provide a hygienic space for people to use illicit drugs under the supervision of trained staff — may help reduce the risk of HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission, prevent overdose fatalities, and connect PWUD with […] Jun 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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