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NASTAD released two new installments of its Success Stories, which highlight linkage and navigation programs in North Carolina and...
Aug 26, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
July 28 was World Hepatitis Day, and this year’s theme from the World Health Organization is “Invest in eliminating hepatitis.”...
Aug 02, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
On May 13, 2019, the National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors hosted a webinar, Advances in HIV and HCV Testing to...
May 20, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Gain early insights from the Dissemination of Evidence-Informed Interventions (DEII) initiative with four recently released Project...
May 10, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
As part of NACCHO’s efforts to support Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS), which have included participation in the preparations...
Apr 03, 2019 | Rebekah Horowitz
The Community Health Worker Role on the HIV Care Continuum fact sheet offers a definition of community health worker (CHW), lists...
Mar 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) recently issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement for a Hepatitis B Demonstration Grant...
Mar 11, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Recent data indicate that there has been an increase in the rate of new hepatitis B infections in the U.S., which many largely...
Feb 26, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Merck Foundation has opened the call for proposals for its new initiative, HIV Care Connect, which aims to reduce disparities in...
NASTAD released two new installments of its Success Stories, which highlight linkage and navigation programs in North Carolina and Tennessee. Historically, hepatitis programs have only been able to support clients through provider referrals following a positive test result. With the availability of direct acting antivirals (DAAs) that effectively cure HCV, more programs are supporting linkage to...
July 28 was World Hepatitis Day, and this year’s theme from the World Health Organization is “Invest in eliminating hepatitis.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 257 million people are living with hepatitis B and 71 million people are living with hepatitis C worldwide. In the United States, only half of […]
On May 13, 2019, the National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors hosted a webinar, Advances in HIV and HCV Testing to Strengthen Testing and Linkage Programs, which highlighted health department strategies to improve the productivity and yield of HIV and HCV testing and linkage programs. This webinar featured Monica Parker from New York […]
Gain early insights from the Dissemination of Evidence-Informed Interventions (DEII) initiative with four recently released Project Spotlights. These concise guides describe core components of the DEII projects and highlight the following issue areas: integrating buprenorphine treatment in HIV primary care, peer linkage and re-engagement for women of color, and jail transitional care...
As part of NACCHO’s efforts to support Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS), which have included participation in the preparations for a national DIS certification program and development of new training courses for DIS and DIS supervisors, we provide scholarships for local health department (LHD) DIS to attend the National Coalition of STD Director’s (NCSD’s) annual STD […]
The Community Health Worker Role on the HIV Care Continuum fact sheet offers a definition of community health worker (CHW), lists other titles by which CHWs are referred, describes how CHWs enhance HIV care teams, and identifies CHW roles and how they can be performed across the HIV care continuum. Boston University Center for Innovation […]
The HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) recently issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement for a Hepatitis B Demonstration Grant Program (Hepatitis B Program). Through this announcement, OMH seeks to develop hepatitis B model programs that will end transmission of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and reduce morbidity and mortality attributable to ongoing HBV infection. This OMH program […]
Recent data indicate that there has been an increase in the rate of new hepatitis B infections in the U.S., which many largely attribute to increasing injection drug use. To address this, Hep B United and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) hosted a three-part webinar series on local strategies to eliminate […]
Merck Foundation has opened the call for proposals for its new initiative, HIV Care Connect, which aims to reduce disparities in access to care and improve health outcomes for people with HIV living in vulnerable communities in the Southeastern United States. The Foundation is establishing this initiative with a commitment of $7 million over five years. […]
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