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ISSTDR 2011: Quebec City
From July 10 to 13, 2011, Quebec City will host the 19th Biennial meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research on the theme of 'From research to intervention: successes and challenges'. The biennial meeting will take place in the Quebec City Convention Centre located in the heart of the city across from the Parliament Building and just a few steps from tourist attractions. See Events for detailed information.
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STD News
U.S. House of Representatives Moves to Increase
Federal STD Funding
Dear Friends of NCSD,
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS), held a mark up on their Fiscal Year 2011 Appropriations Bill, which includes funding for most public health programs, including CDC and the STD Division.
As you may know, NCSD has significantly ratcheted up our efforts on Capitol Hill over the past several months, visiting key offices of appropriators and working with them on details, holding a Congressional briefing, visiting White House and other Administration staff, and co-leading a major sign-on letter to advocate for
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Featured Resource
CDC Dear Colleague Letter on Internet Partner Services
PDF Attached Below
July 13, 2010
Dear Colleague,
In 2005, the Division of STD Prevention and the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention jointly sent a Dear Colleague letter addressing the Internet as an emerging risk venue and encouraging the integration of the Internet into STD and HIV prevention efforts. This letter is to again encourage public health programs to adopt and incorporate using the Internet and other emerging technologies into STD and HIV prevention efforts and to call your att
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What's New
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - August 2010 Table of Contents
August 2010 - Volume 37 - Issue 8 pp: 469-530 Table of Contents Outline Subscribe to eTOC View Contributor Index Add Item(s) to: An Existing Folder Original Study Increasing Public Health Partner Services for Human› Learn More
STD Daily Update - Wednesday July 28, 2010
[Complied by Dan Wohlfeiler] HISTORIC REFORM: CONGRESS LOWERS PENALTIES FOR CRACK COCAINE HOUSE APPROVES NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION ACT Access to primary care physicians getting tougher, report finds State's Tobacco Tax Revenue Drops› Learn More
STD Daily Update - Tuesday July 29, 2010
[Compiled by Dan Wohlfeiler] Earliest and Newest HIV RNA PCR Test from 7 Days after HIV Exposure Launched by Freedomhealth California emergency rooms average 274-minute waits Increasing Public Health Partner Services for Human Immunodeficiency Virus:› Learn More
STD Daily Update - Monday July 26, 2010
STD Screening of HIV-Infected MSM in HIV Clinics. Why gonorrhea may be the next superbug Lawmakers debate whether to extend, expand, end syringe sales A randomised controlled trial of computer-assisted interviewing in sexual health clinics› Learn More
STDPO Afternoon Report - July 23 - 26, 2010
Please see below news articles from July 23-26, 2010. July 26, 2010 Red vs. Blue Family in Black and White (WT) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/25/red-vs-blue-family-in-black-and-white/ July 25, 2010 A Shot that Saves the Lives of Addicts› Learn More
Announcements
AIDS 2010
Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the International AIDS Society (IAS) and our Austrian and international partners, it is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010), to be held ...Posted on January 06, 2010
contact: info@aids2010.org
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This event will provide an overview of key progress made in basic and applied research as it relates to prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment of HPV and related diseases. July 3 and 4 will be devoted to two simultaneous...Posted on April 08, 2010
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP), Prevention Program Branch (PPB) is committed to continually enga...Posted on June 10, 2010
contact: CBOFOA@cdc.gov
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