This report proposes policies for expanding access to hepatitis C (HCV) testing and treatment in United States jails and prisons. The report's policy recommendations draw principally from settlement agreements, judicial opinions, and other filings in those cases, supplemented by current medical guidance and input from public health experts, medical professionals, and advocates.
This report lays out the required sections that must be included in a state’s Section 1115 Demonstration application and identifies where and how a state can be explicit about its intent to address the health care needs of individuals with hepatitis C as part of its Justice-Involved Reentry Initiative.
This article highlights a new hepatitis C test that delivers rapid results without requiring a separate lab visit, improving access to early diagnosis and treatment. It emphasizes the importance of expanding testing efforts, particularly for high-risk populations, to support hepatitis C elimination. The article underscores the need for continued innovation in screening technologies to reduce barriers to care and prevent long-term health complications like liver disease and cancer.
In this podcast episode, Anousha and Bright invited Dr. Robert Gish to speak about hepatitis B Reactivation, a serious health issue often overlooked in the discourse surrounding hepatitis B and liver cancer.
More than 2.4 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were reported in the U.S. in 2023. Still, the numbers show the cases of reportable STIs tended to decrease, or at least saw a sharp decline in the rate by which they increased. In this episode of the Sex+Health podcast, we talk with Bradley Stoner, MD, PhD, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of STD Prevention, for his thoughts on what's driving the epidemic and why the latest data show there may be cause for optimism.
NASTAD highlights the achievements of the 47 Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Phase 1 jurisdictions through a series of success stories featured on a dedicated webpage. These stories demonstrate innovative strategies addressing the four pillars of EHE: Diagnose, Treat, Prevent, and Respond. Supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), this initiative aims to strengthen programs for individuals living with and at risk for HIV.
This fact sheet discusses expedited partner therapy to treat sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
On this podcast John Fangman, MD discusses opportunities for Medicaid program to cover health-related social needs, such as housing, nutrition and transportation with Katie Garfield, JD, Director of the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School’s Whole Person Care initiative and Michelle Collins-Ogle, MD, Director Montefiore Adolescent & Youth Sexual-health Clinic and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
This toolkit is designed for new viral hepatitis health department staff to help them get oriented in their new role. It includes basic information, recommendations, key national partners, CDC funding opportunities, and where to go for help.
This webinar slide set addresses client consent policies for public health data use and sharing. Speakers representing both provider and health department perspectives discuss different approaches to client consent as well as considerations to ensure that client consent for data sharing follows both legal and ethical public health requirements.
