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Dear Colleague,
Welcome to the second issue of NCC News. This online newsletter was created to keep you up-to-date on all things Chlamydia, and related areas of interest. We hope you will find it useful and informative. Please feel free to share this with your colleagues who may also find it of use.
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April is STD Awareness Month |
As many of you may know, MTV and the Kaiser Family Foundation, working with Planned Parenthood Federation of America and other partners nationwide, will be undertaking a new campaign for STD Awareness Month to inform young people about STDs and encourage testing. The campaign, Get Yourself Tested or GYT, will officially launch at 8 p.m. EDT on April 1st.
The campaign kick-off is a made-for-TV movie, Pedro, that will air on MTV on April 1st. It chronicles the life of HIV-positive, former Real World cast member, Pedro Zamora as he rises from humble roots to become one of the most instantly recognizable HIV/AIDS activists in the United States. Bill Clinton will be doing the introduction to the film. For more information on the movie, please visit, http://tinyurl.com/bcz7c6. PSAs will air throughout the month on all MTV channels, a cell phone texting service will be available, and widgits and applications will be created for social networking sites. As the central hub for the campaign, www.gyt09.org will show young people how simple and easy it is to be tested, offer talking tips on how to broach the subject of STD testing with a partner, and connect users to local testing facilities by simply entering a zip code. Please note, this site will not be live until the campaign embargo is lifted. Additional information will also be available from CDC at www.cdcnpin.org/stdawareness. |
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Chlamydia Screening Guide Now Available |
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Why Screen for Chlamydia? An Implementation Guide for Healthcare Providers offers the latest information and tools for healthcare providers to:
- Improve delivery of chlamydia screening to patients
- Make chlamydia screening and care a routine part of a medical practice
- Provide confidential care to adolescents
- Take a sexual history with adolescent and adult patients
Why Screen for Chlamydia? was developed by Partnership for Prevention with the assistance of members of the National Chlamydia Coalition.
The 12-page booklet can be downloaded for free or purchased at www.prevent.org/NCC.
We will be happy to work with you to help promote or distribute the guide. Please contact Susan Maloney for more information at smaloney@prevent.org or 202-375-7809.
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NCC Launches Website |
The National Chlamydia Coalition website, www.prevent.org/NCC, is now live. The site provides information about the coalition, as well as resources for the public, healthcare providers, and NCC members. Check the site often for news and updates. |
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Washington Times Takes on Chlamydia |
 Cheryl Wetzstein provided an important message to Washington Times readers in her article "Sounding Alarm on 'Silent Disease'". The March 1st article, which can be found at http://tinyurl.com/c2v38u, is about PID and its major cause, chlamydia. The medical epxert interivewed for the article, Dr. Jennifer Shuford, emphasizes the key message of the article in her closing: "Infertility will continue to rise as long as chlamydia continues to rise," Dr. Shuford said. "It's silent. It's happening to so many people. There's no need to feel stigmatized [by getting chlamydia]," she added. "You just need to go get treated." |
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New ACOG Resource Available: Teen Tool Kit |
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is pleased to announce that an updated, more comprehensive edition of the Tool Kit for Teen Care is now available to assist health care providers in caring for adolescent patients. Developed by the ACOG Committee on Adolescent Health Care, the kit is designed to help clinicians incorporate adolescent primary and preventive health care into their practices. The Tool Kit contains resources for an adolescent-friendly office and adolescent assessment, as well as CPT coding information and educational materials on health care for girls. Among the new materials is a parent questionnaire, in addition to an adolescent visit questionnaire. For more information, go to www.acog.org/goto/teens or email adolhlth@acog.org. |
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Funding Opportunties |
As a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has an additional $1.12 billion to fund ready-to-go projects and resources that will stimulate research and create jobs. About 75% of these funds will be spent on unsolicited grants. For more information visist http://tinyurl.com/cvg5sq. | |
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