The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy has launched the Partner Planning Guide (Guide) for the National Viral Hepatitis Action Plan 2017-2020 (Action Plan). This strategic planning…
The opioid crisis in the United States has resulted in alarming increases in opioid use disorders, injection drug use, overdose deaths, and infectious diseases in communities across the United States. Fighting the opioid epidemic is…
The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) is hosting a webinar to answer the following questions: Are drug users informing your agency’s programs and policies? Do you know how to engage drug users? What can be…
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) recently hosted a Hepatitis Testing Partnership webinar on Public Health Detailing as a Strategy to Increase Hepatitis Testing. NACCHO presented on the webinar, providing an overview of our Hepatitis…
In response to increasing incidence of hepatitis, HIV, and overdose death related to opioid and other drug use in America, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has evaluated evidence-based interventions intended…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) article, Prevention of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.…
Join NASTAD’s Hepatitis Testing Partnership on January 16 at 3:00 PM EST for its fourth webinar titled Public Health Detailing as a Strategy to Increase Hepatitis Testing. Public Health Detailing is a strategy to engage healthcare…
The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) recently announced updates about their new initiative, “Hepatitis C – It’s About More than Liver Disease.” The initiative aims to increase awareness about hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related health conditions that occur…
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, launched an Opioid & Health Indicators database in June 2017 to be used as a tool that can provide a window into the opioid epidemic unfolding across the United States. The…
As the opioid epidemic remains prevalent across the United States, local and city health departments are seeing a correlated increase in opioid use and the diagnosis of infectious diseases, especially hepatitis C. Last year at…