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The current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is exacting heavy economic and social costs around the world. In the...
Apr 16, 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...
The CDC Foundation has recently developed a COVID-19 Public Health Toolkit to support public health orgranizations in communicating...
Apr 15, 2020 | NacchoVoice
Health departments have an opportunity to increase public awareness about climate change impacts and government response by framing...
Apr 09, 2020 | Andrea Grenadier
NASTAD released a resource highlighting important considerations and promising strategies for health departments to support SSPs...
Apr 08, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Fenway Health released a new fact sheet that provides information about sexual health and COVID-19. The fact sheet includes basic...
The Elton John AIDS Foundation’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund is accepting applications for solutions that to address specific challenges...
POZ and Cancer Health want to know how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected your organization and what they can do to help. Have you had...
The current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is exacting heavy economic and social costs around the world. In the United States, one aspect of the costs of COVID-19 that is of great interest but little understood is the potential cost to the nation of inpatient services for those with the disease.
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. […]
The CDC Foundation has recently developed a COVID-19 Public Health Toolkit to support public health orgranizations in communicating with their communities about the pandemic. Other ogranizations, including state, local, tribal, and territorial health departments can use the toolkit to assist their communications as well. The downloadable resources are free and can be customized as needed....
Health departments have an opportunity to increase public awareness about climate change impacts and government response by framing their work around climate change when communicating with the public. Check out this new infosheet with tips on how to frame your communications about climate change.
NASTAD released a resource highlighting important considerations and promising strategies for health departments to support SSPs during the COVID-19 response. The resource consolidates recommendations and resources for harm reduction recognizing the additional social and economic burdens faced by people who use drugs which are heightened during the global COVID-19 pandemic. View the document.
Fenway Health released a new fact sheet that provides information about sexual health and COVID-19. The fact sheet includes basic information about COVID-19, answers questions about the risks associated with sexual activity during the pandemic, and provides tips for staying safe. Access the fact sheet.
The Elton John AIDS Foundation’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund is accepting applications for solutions that to address specific challenges that have arisen for people already living with or at severe risk of HIV/AIDS and who are now at heightened risk as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizations who have been awarded a grant from the Elton […]
POZ and Cancer Health want to know how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected your organization and what they can do to help. Have you had to close any facilities? Have you had to stop providing certain services? How is your staff handling the dramatic changes taking place in so many communities? Are you now offering […]
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