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Black AIDS Institute Hosts Black Healthcare Access Tour

The Black AIDS Institute has kicked off the first-ever national Black Healthcare Access Tour. Over the next 6 weeks, the Institute...

Nov 10, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • New Online Tool for PrEP Navigators: PrEPcost.org

    The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) recently launched PrEPcost.org, an online health plan finder...

    Nov 09, 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

  • World Food Day 2017: How Will Climate Change Influence Food Security and Migration?

    The local and global food system is an underlying and essential public health foundation that plays a role in nutrition, obesity,...

    Oct 16, 2017 | Grace McClain

    • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

    Amid Rising STD Rates in the US, Cost Barriers Stymie Testing and Screening

    In a recent article, Rewire.News discusses the challenges people face in paying for services that protect sexual health, such as STD screenings and birth control. In particular, the article focuses on how young people, people with low income, people of color, and those who are uninsured or underinsured are too often forced to decline care as a […]

    Sep 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Immunization

    Local Health Department Immunization Programs: Findings from a 2017 NACCHO Assessment

    ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Local health departments (LHDs) play a vital role in providing immunization services and counseling, as well as in controlling cases of vaccine-preventable diseases. These local agencies work with public and private sector physicians and other stakeholders to ensure effective immunization practices, disease surveillance and reporting, education and outreach, and program...

    Jun 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Success Story

    NASTAD Success Stories: Increasing Hepatitis Testing & Linkage to Care

    As part of ongoing efforts to highlight successful health department initiatives aimed at ending the HIV and hepatitis epidemics, NASTAD has released an installment of Success Stories that feature health department hepatitis programs. These stories highlight initiatives in Louisiana, Maryland, and Mississippi, that aim to increase testing and linkage to care for hepatitis B and C […]

    Jun 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Policy

    HRSA/HAB Policy Clarification Notice: RWHAP Funds

    On June 21, 2018, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA HAB) released Policy Clarification Notice (PCN) # 18-01 Clarifications Regarding the Use of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Funds for Health Care Coverage and Premium Assistance. This PCN outlines the requirements regarding the use of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) funds for premium […]

    Jun 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    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

    Black AIDS Institute Hosts Black Healthcare Access Tour

    The Black AIDS Institute has kicked off the first-ever national Black Healthcare Access Tour. Over the next 6 weeks, the Institute will be travelling to 17 cities to promote open enrollment by educating communities, mobilizing advocates, and increasing awareness around the current healthcare discussion happening in Washington. At each tour stop, Black AIDS Institute will […]

    Nov 10, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    New Online Tool for PrEP Navigators: PrEPcost.org

    The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) recently launched PrEPcost.org, an online health plan finder that helps PrEP navigators identify and compare Marketplace coverage options for their clients. PrEPcost.org is now available for the 2018 Federally Facilitated Marketplace, and NASTAD is working to offer health plan assessments in state-based marketplaces as soon as...

    Nov 09, 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

    World Food Day 2017: How Will Climate Change Influence Food Security and Migration?

    The local and global food system is an underlying and essential public health foundation that plays a role in nutrition, obesity, environmental and occupational health, and more. Regardless of how well-established agriculture is within the United States, climate change poses a serious threat to food systems and the people who rely on them. Unusual rain […]

    Oct 16, 2017 | Grace McClain

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    BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

    Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

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    The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance (BLOC COVID-19+)...

    Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

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