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 NACCHO's HIV/STI Prevention "Tool of the Week" This week's tool from NACCHO's Toolbox is The Integrated Epidemiologic Profile for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Planning, Philadelphia. This document, developed by the Philadelphia Office of AIDS Planning, includes an analysis of behavioral risk data, sociodemographic indicators of HIV/AIDS and STD infection, substance abuse, and service utilization within Philadelphia and surrounding eligible service areas. |
 California Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Bills to Ease Requirements for Repeat HIV Testers
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed bill AB 2899 that removes the requirement for HIV testing sites to provide pre-test counseling for repeat testers following risk-reduction protocols. For more information about bill AB 2899, click here. |
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National Youth Advocacy Center Hosts HIV and Youth Professional Development Webinars The National Youth Advocacy Coalition will launch a series of four professional development webinars beginning this fall for people working to engage lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) youth. The webinar series will include topics such as HIV counseling and testing protocols, creating safe spaces for LGBTQ youth, and working with transgender youth. For more information and to register for one or more webinars, click here.
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Advocates for Youth Seeks Youth  Bloggers
Advocates for Youth seeks youth bloggers to provide commentary about issues affecting youth that fit within the vision of Advocates for Youth: rights, respect and responsibility. A small stipend is available for youth bloggers. For more information, click here. |
The Infectiousness of Tuberculosis Patients Coinfected with HIV
A recent article published in Public Library of Science presents results of a study conducted to evaluate the infectiousness of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) patients coinfected with HIV. The study found that a small number of highly infectious people were responsible for the majority of TB transmission. To read this article, click here. |
 Department of Health Promotes STD Testing With Online System | |
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NACCHO's Community Health Webcast and Teleconference Web page
Take a look at the list of NACCHO's upcoming and archived community health webcasts. To access this listing, click here. |
Job Opportunities: NACCHO Headquarters
NACCHO is currently seeking candidates for a number of positions at our headquarters in Washington, DC. To access job descriptions and application information, click here. |
Have a resource you'd like to share?
The NACCHO HIV/STI List welcomes all tools, research, and resources that you would like to share with local health departments. To submit a resource, e-mail hivsti@naccho.org with the Subject Line: "For HIV List." |
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NACCHO is the national organization representing local health departments. NACCHO works to support efforts that protect and improve the health of all people and all communities by promoting national policy, developing resources and programs, seeking health equity and supporting effective local public health practice and systems.
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