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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released Interim CDC Guidance on Handling Non-COVID-19 Public Health Activities...
Apr 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Texas Department of State Health Services released guidance for HIV/STD Public Health Follow-Up Staff—including Disease Intervention...
Apr 15, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new toolkit that describes the successful 10-step process used by...
New data from FAIR Health found that diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were up 98% in rural areas compared with a...
Across the United States, rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the rise. Local health departments (LHDs) are on the...
Apr 13, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Local health departments (LHDs) are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. LHD HIV, STI, and viral hepatitis (HSH) programs are...
Apr 10, 2020 | Kat Kelley
The CDC Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) released guidance for STD prevention programs, including STD clinics, on providing...
Apr 08, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Building Healthy Online Communities and the National Coalition of STD Directors have launched a new resource, TellYourContacts.com,...
Apr 01, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
CDC National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Director Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH, issued a “Dear Colleague”...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released Interim CDC Guidance on Handling Non-COVID-19 Public Health Activities that Require Face-to-Face Interaction with Clients in the Clinic and Field in the Current COVID-19 Pandemic—which includes information on prioritization of services during the COVID-19 pandemic. This guidance also includes an Appendix: NCHHSTP Disease-Specific...
Texas Department of State Health Services released guidance for HIV/STD Public Health Follow-Up Staff—including Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS), Data to Care, and Field Health Advocates—during COVID-19. The guidance covers enhanced universal precautions and field safety planning strategies, what staff should do before field work and during patient encounters, how to handle case...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new toolkit that describes the successful 10-step process used by Community-based Approaches to Reducing STDs (CARS) projects to engage community members in the effective implementation of STD prevention and control initiatives. The toolkit includes tools, templates, and valuable lessons learned from the CARS projects. […]
New data from FAIR Health found that diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were up 98% in rural areas compared with a 77% increase in urban areas. While these increasing numbers are alarming, local health departments (LHDs) play a critical role in providing STI treatment and prevention that can help address rising STI rates. This STD […]
Across the United States, rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the rise. Local health departments (LHDs) are on the frontlines, responding to these epidemics and assuring access to testing and treatment in their communities. Not only are many STIs asymptomatic and undetected, but traditional, urine-based screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea often fail to […]
Local health departments (LHDs) are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. LHD HIV, STI, and viral hepatitis (HSH) programs are being called upon to contribute their clinical, epidemiological, disease investigation, and outreach and education expertise to COVID-19 response efforts. To protect their clients and communities, LHD HSH programs are adapting to this new reality, […]
The CDC Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) released guidance for STD prevention programs, including STD clinics, on providing effective STD care and prevention when facility-based services and in-person patient-clinician contact is limited. The guidance encourages STD programs to consider limiting and prioritizing patients, conducting phone or telemedicine-based triage, and establishing...
Building Healthy Online Communities and the National Coalition of STD Directors have launched a new resource, TellYourContacts.com, which allows individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 to notify their contacts via text or email that they may have been exposed. The site is currently built upon TellYourPartner.org, originally designed for STD partner notification. Access the […]
CDC National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Director Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH, issued a “Dear Colleague” letter detailing additional flexibility CDC has made available to its grantees during the COVID-19 response. Read the letter.
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