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Toolkit: State Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes for PLWH

The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) recently released a comprehensive toolkit designed to support state public health...

Jan 02, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

  • Commentary: The Hidden Health Crisis of the Opioid Epidemic

    Representatives from the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation...

    Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Funding Opportunity: Reducing Disparities in Vaccination Coverage by Poverty Status...

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking proposals for a $600,000 funding opportunity that aims to gain a...

    Nov 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Two Local Health Departments Awarded Funding to Fight Congenital Syphilis

    The below information was originally included within a “Dear Colleague” letter from the Centers for Disease Control and...

    Nov 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Harvard’s Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation and National Viral Hepatitis...

    Today, the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI) and the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable...

    Oct 25, 2017 | Andrea Grenadier

  • Join Now! New HHS Hepatitis C Medicaid Affinity Group

    The Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP), in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...

    Oct 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Infectious Disease

    Hepatitis Awareness Month 2018: Addressing Hepatitis A

    By Meghan McGinty, PhD, MPH, MBA, Deputy Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, and Michelle Cantu, MPH, Director of Infectious Diseases and Immunization, NACCHO The month of May is designated as Hepatitis Awareness Month in the United States and May 19th is Hepatitis Testing Day. During this month, NACCHO will highlight the role of local […]

    May 14, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Lead Poisoning, National Environmental Public Health Tracking

    State Strategies to Improve Childhood Lead Screening and Treatment Services under Medicaid and CHIP

    A new report from the National Academy for State Health Policy, State Strategies to Improve Childhood Lead Screening and Treatment Services under Medicaid and CHIP,  “details the potential health impacts of lead toxicity in children and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for screening and treatment under Medicaid and CHIP. It also explores several state […]

    May 10, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    All of Us, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    STD Awareness Month 2018: Integrating Routine Chlamydia Screening into Primary Care Practices

    By Jacky M. Jennings, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Director, Center for Child & Community Health Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Gale Burstein, MD, MPH, FAAP, Commissioner, Erie County Department of Health; Alison Muse, MPH, Director, Emerging Infections Program, New York State Department of Health; and, Gowri Nagendra, MPH, PTC Program Director,...

    Apr 06, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Toolkit: State Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes for PLWH

    The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) recently released a comprehensive toolkit designed to support state public health and Medicaid collaborations aimed at improving health outcomes among people living with HIV (PLWH). This toolkit was developed based on the experiences of 19 states that participated in the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group (HHIAG), a […]

    Jan 02, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Commentary: The Hidden Health Crisis of the Opioid Epidemic

    Representatives from the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) recently penned an article about the link between hepatitis C and the opioid epidemic. Per the article, the unprecedented rate of injection drug use in our country has created a new generation of hepatitis C patients […]

    Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Funding Opportunity: Reducing Disparities in Vaccination Coverage by Poverty Status Among Young Children

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking proposals for a $600,000 funding opportunity that aims to gain a better understanding of the factors contributing to vaccination coverage disparities observed between young children living below the poverty level and those living at or above the poverty level, including challenges accessing vaccination services, receiving lower...

    Nov 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Two Local Health Departments Awarded Funding to Fight Congenital Syphilis

    The below information was originally included within a “Dear Colleague” letter from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Congenital syphilis (CS) has become an alarming problem that urgently requires awareness, attention, and action. Data from the most recent STD Surveillance Report found that the number of CS cases spiked for the fourth year […]

    Nov 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Harvard’s Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation and National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable Launch Hepatitis C: State of Medicaid Access Report

    Today, the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI) and the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) launched the Hepatitis C: State of Medicaid Access report and state report cards. The report details hepatitis C treatment access restrictions in Medicaid programs in all states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, […]

    Oct 25, 2017 | Andrea Grenadier

    Join Now! New HHS Hepatitis C Medicaid Affinity Group

    The Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP), in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH), has launched a new joint initiative: the Hepatitis C Medicaid Affinity Group. […]

    Oct 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

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