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Join NACCHO at the 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference
NACCHO will present on building the infrastructure for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention at local health departments...
Nov 13, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
World AIDS Day 2015: The Time to Act is Now
The U.S. government theme for World AIDS Day 2015 on December 1 will be “The Time to Act Is Now,” emphasizing the need to...
Nov 12, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
FDA Approves the Fixed-Dose Combination Tablet Genvoya to Treat HIV Infection
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Genvoya (a fixed-dose combination tablet containing elvitegravir, cobicistat,...
Nov 11, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
NCSD Announces Ten Year Agreement with Trojan Brand Condoms
The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) announced the launch of a ten-year partnership with the makers of Trojan brand condoms...
Nov 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Assessing the Changing Landscape of Sexual Health Clinical Service After the...
Federal health reform has the potential to impact many public health services, especially sexual health clinics. An article in...
Nov 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
New Story from Champaign-Urbana Health District Added to NACCHO’s PrEP Story Bank
To support local health departments as they decide what they can or should be doing to implement Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for...
Oct 30, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
NCSD Releases New Resources
The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has released new resources including the 2015 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines Wall Chart,...
Oct 29, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
NASTAD Releases White Paper on Drug User Health and ACA Opportunities
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has released a white paper titled “Modernizing Public...
Oct 26, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
The Medical Case for Curing All Hepatitis C Patients: A New Fact Sheet from NVHR
The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) has released a fact sheet outlining the medical case for curing all hepatitis C...
Oct 26, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Join NACCHO at the 2015 National HIV Prevention ConferenceNACCHO will present on building the infrastructure for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention at local health departments at the 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference (NHPC). NACCHO staff will join panelists for session C 26- “PrEP: Infrastructure and Intervention Models” at 1:30-3:00 PM EST on December 8. The session will present local and state health departments’... Nov 13, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
World AIDS Day 2015: The Time to Act is NowThe U.S. government theme for World AIDS Day 2015 on December 1 will be “The Time to Act Is Now,” emphasizing the need to look to the future but demonstrating the urgent need for action today. In a White House blog post, Douglas M. Brooks, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, writes that “There is […] Nov 12, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
FDA Approves the Fixed-Dose Combination Tablet Genvoya to Treat HIV InfectionThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Genvoya (a fixed-dose combination tablet containing elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide) as a complete regimen for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older. FDA notes: Genvoya is approved for use in HIV-infected adults and children ages 12 […] Nov 11, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
NCSD Announces Ten Year Agreement with Trojan Brand CondomsThe National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) announced the launch of a ten-year partnership with the makers of Trojan brand condoms during its 19th annual meeting. As part of NCSD’s ongoing campaign “Condoms (Still) Work!” this partnership will bring a donation of more than 1,000,000 Trojan brand condoms to health departments. Since announcing the launch of the “Condoms... Nov 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Assessing the Changing Landscape of Sexual Health Clinical Service After the Implementation of the Affordable Care ActFederal health reform has the potential to impact many public health services, especially sexual health clinics. An article in Sexually Transmitted Disease, the journal of American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association, explores the changing landscape of sexual health clinical services after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. To assess the impact of such reform within the […] Nov 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
New Story from Champaign-Urbana Health District Added to NACCHO’s PrEP Story BankTo support local health departments as they decide what they can or should be doing to implement Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention in their communities, NACCHO created the PrEP Story Bank to share examples of what local health departments are doing. NACCHO spoke to Candi Crause, Director of Infectious Disease Prevention and Management, and Jeffrey Kemp Rinderle, […] Oct 30, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
NCSD Releases New ResourcesThe National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has released new resources including the 2015 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines Wall Chart, a customizable factsheet on Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) state policy, a resource on HIV and STD prevention in prisons and jails, and the 2014 STD and HIV Legislative Highlights and Analysis. 2015 CDC STD Treatment […] Oct 29, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
NASTAD Releases White Paper on Drug User Health and ACA OpportunitiesThe National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has released a white paper titled “Modernizing Public Health to Meet the Needs of People Who Use Drugs: Affordable Care Act Opportunities.” The paper was a collaboration with the O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law and assesses new financing and delivery models for […] Oct 26, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
The Medical Case for Curing All Hepatitis C Patients: A New Fact Sheet from NVHRThe National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) has released a fact sheet outlining the medical case for curing all hepatitis C patients. The fact sheet can be used to educate policymakers, medical providers, and community members about why everyone living with hepatitis C should have access to care. The fact sheet provides more information related to the following […] Oct 26, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
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