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New World Health Organization Guidelines on ART and PrEP
At the end of September, the World Health Organization issued an “Early Release Guideline” on when to start antiretroviral...
Oct 06, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
San Francisco is Changing the Face of AIDS Treatment
Last year, San Francisco had only 302 new HIV diagnoses, the lowest recorded number. In 1992, at the epidemic’s peak, there were 2,332...
Oct 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
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
CDC Releases the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention Annual Report
CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) released their 2014 Annual Report highlighting the division’s programmatic...
Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Lambda Legal Launches “Know Your Rights” Hub for People Living with HIV
Lambda Legal has launched “Know Your Rights: HIV” which provides information for people living with HIV people on an array of issues...
Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
NACCHO Recognizes Local Health Departments for Infectious Disease Model and...
NACCHO’s Model Practice and Promising Practice awards recognize local health departments’ innovative programs, resources,...
Sep 10, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
Large Study of PrEP Use in Clinical Practice Shows No New HIV Infections
In one of the first and largest published evaluations of the use of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection in a...
Sep 03, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Now Available: New Accreditation Readiness Funding Opportunity for Public Health...
With funding from the CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local, & Territorial Support, NACCHO is pleased to announce a funding...
Sep 02, 2015 | Kate Drezner
Now Available: New Funding Opportunity for Local Health Department Accreditation...
With funding from the CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local, & Territorial Support, NACCHO is pleased to announce a funding...
Aug 21, 2015 | Kate Drezner
New World Health Organization Guidelines on ART and PrEPAt the end of September, the World Health Organization issued an “Early Release Guideline” on when to start antiretroviral therapy and on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention. This document recommends the initiation of ART in adults living with HIV, regardless of CD4 cell count, and offer of PrEP as a prevention option to all […] Oct 06, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
San Francisco is Changing the Face of AIDS TreatmentLast year, San Francisco had only 302 new HIV diagnoses, the lowest recorded number. In 1992, at the epidemic’s peak, there were 2,332 diagnoses. Eighty-two percent of residents with HIV currently are in care, and 72 percent are virally suppressed, results that are much higher than national averages. The city’s chief strength has been a willingness […] Oct 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
NACCHO Interviews a Local Health Department Disease Intervention Specialist to Celebrate DIS Recognition DayOctober 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 |
CDC Releases the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention Annual ReportCDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) released their 2014 Annual Report highlighting the division’s programmatic activities in 2014. This report discusses progress made towards DHAP’s mission of closing the gaps in HIV prevention, diagnosis, care, and awareness in the United States and celebrated successes such as supporting the delivery of pre-exposure prophylaxis... Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Lambda Legal Launches “Know Your Rights” Hub for People Living with HIVLambda Legal has launched “Know Your Rights: HIV” which provides information for people living with HIV people on an array of issues including housing; HIV testing; PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis); access to health care; HIV discrimination in the workplace; HIV discrimination outside of work; privacy and confidentiality; disclosing your HIV status; HIV criminalization; adoption, foster care,... Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
NACCHO Recognizes Local Health Departments for Infectious Disease Model and Promising PracticesNACCHO’s Model Practice and Promising Practice awards recognize local health departments’ innovative programs, resources, administrative practices, or tools that demonstrate exemplary and replicable qualities in response to a local public health need. A model practice meets the following criteria: local health department role, collaboration, innovation, responsiveness, and evaluation of both the... Sep 10, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
Large Study of PrEP Use in Clinical Practice Shows No New HIV InfectionsIn one of the first and largest published evaluations of the use of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection in a clinical practice setting, researchers at Kaiser Permanente found no new HIV infections among patients during more than 2.5 years of observation. The study was the first done outside of clinical trials and demonstration […] Sep 03, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Now Available: New Accreditation Readiness Funding Opportunity for Public Health Departments from US Territories and Freely Associated StatesWith funding from the CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local, & Territorial Support, NACCHO is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for health departments from US Territories and Freely Associated States (HDs) to engage in accreditation readiness activities. The 2015–2016 Accreditation Support Initiative (ASI) awards are intended to stimulate quality improvement and promote HD readiness... Sep 02, 2015 | Kate Drezner |
Now Available: New Funding Opportunity for Local Health Department Accreditation Preparation SupportWith funding from the CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local, & Territorial Support, NACCHO is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for local health departments (LHDs) to engage in accreditation readiness activities. The 2015–2016 Accreditation Support Initiative (ASI) awards are intended to stimulate quality improvement and promote LHD readiness to seek voluntary national accreditation... Aug 21, 2015 | Kate Drezner |
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