The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is sponsoring six full scholarships for interested local health department staff* to attend either the Adolescent Health Initiative’s Conference on Adolescent Health (April 24-25 in Ypsilanti,…
A new toolkit on HIV/AIDS prevention and care in rural areas is now available from the HRSA-supported Rural Health Information Hub. The Rural HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Toolkit includes 7 modules and compiles evidence-based and promising models and…
A new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation reveals that, under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid expansion drove a nationwide increase in health coverage for people living with HIV. This analysis provides the first national estimates of…
The National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) recently released the 2017 Online AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Formulary Database (the Database), which may be accessed via the accompanying User’s Guide. The Database…
On February 15, 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data on the estimated number of annual HIV infections (HIV incidence) nationally, by transmission route, and by state from 2008-2014 in…
Please view this document for instructions on how to download the Winter 2017 NACCHO Exchange on the local health department response to the opioid epidemic. For more information, please contact Gretchen Weiss, Director, HIV, STI,…
In order to stay up-to-date on the latest news, tools, and resources for local public health professionals working on HIV, STI, or Viral Hepatitis Programs, sign up for NACCHO’s HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis Digest!…
The 2017 CityMatCH MCH Leadership Conference & Healthy Start Convention, Creating Harmony: Every Voice Counts, is an opportunity for Maternal and Child Health (MCH) professionals nationwide to network, share successes, enhance knowledge, and generate new…
A study published last week in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), “Changes in the Disparity of HIV Diagnosis Rates Among Black Women—United States, 2010-2014,” suggests that the…
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has released a series of success stories highlighting local health department’s HIV and viral hepatitis programs that address individual-, community-, and systems-level needs. These stories…