In a recent blog, Richard Wolitski, Ph.D., Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S Department of Health and Human Services, explored the relationship between injection drug use in the nation’s opioid epidemic, increases in hepatitis C infections, and regional outbreaks of HIV. Check out the blog and learn why continued coordination will be critical to curbing the opioid epidemic and its far-reaching influence on the spread of infectious diseases.
Op-Ed: Interconnected, Intertwined, and Colliding: Co-occurring Epidemics of HIV, Viral Hepatitis, & Opioids
May 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
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Kim Rodgers was formerly the Communications Manager at NACCHO.
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