The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law‘s new issue brief, Community Experience Offers Lessons for Expanding Access to Syringe Services Programs, provides communities and policymakers with information they can use to build needed support for…
This new HRSATube video highlights the work that Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) recipients are doing in the city of Philadelphia using innovative techniques to improve health outcomes to end the HIV/hepatitis C co-infection epidemic.…
HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau recently launched the Hepatitis C Prescriber Toolkit on TargetHIV. This new resource provides one-stop, state-specific guidance for providers who are navigating health coverage requirements for their patients living with hepatitis C. The…
NASTAD released two new installments of its Success Stories, which highlight linkage and navigation programs in North Carolina and Tennessee. Historically, hepatitis programs have only been able to support clients through provider referrals following a positive test…
NASTAD released Findings from the Ending the Viral Hepatitis Epidemics Assessment: Examining Health Department Infrastructure and TA Needs, a brief based on an assessment they conducted in early 2019 to examine health department infrastructure and…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking nominations for membership to the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and STD Prevention and Treatment (CHACHSPT). The CHACHSPT consists of 18 experts in…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a new tool, Hep C Policy Simulator (HepCSim), to inform state-level policy and budgetary planning for hepatitis C screening, management and treatment. HepCSim allows users…
By: Nicole Miller, MSN, RN; Lela Riherd, BSN, RN, CIC; Zac Doobovsky, BSN, RN, CIC; and Harp Cheema, BSN, RN, Whatcom County Health Department (WA) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates nearly 2.4 million Americans are…
July 28 was World Hepatitis Day, and this year’s theme from the World Health Organization is “Invest in eliminating hepatitis.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 257 million people are living…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and Medscape are proud to introduce a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity. The goal of this activity is to describe the…