- Press Release Hepatitis C Testing
- Press ReleaseGet Yourself Tested
- Online ResourcesSTD Awareness – Reaching Young People
CDC Announces Draft Recommendations for Hepatitis C Testing Among Baby Boomers
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- Press Release: CDC Proposes All Baby Boomers Be Tested For Hepatitis C
- Fact Sheet: Hepatitis C: Proposed Expansion of Testing Recommendations, 2012
- Downloadable Graphics: Hepatitis C in the United States
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- Viral Hepatitis: http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/
News Releases and Announcements
April is STD Awareness Month, a prime opportunity to bring attention to the burden of STDs among American youth and to promote STD testing across the nation.
Approximately half of the estimated 19 million STDs that occur in the United States each year are among people 25 and younger. For the fourth year, CDC is teaming up with MTV and other partners on the GYT: Get Yourself Tested campaign, a national information campaign designed to address the high rates of STDs among people under age 25. CDC is also introducing a web-based portal of resources to help health care providers educate young people about sexual health and STD prevention.
For your stories about STD Awareness Month 2012, please find below a press release outlining this year’s GYT efforts and a link to the resource portal for healthcare providers.
Press Release
MTV Audience Encouraged to “GYT” – National Campaign Encourages Young People to “Get Yourself Tested” for STDs, including HIV
- Online Resources for Healthcare Providers: STD Awareness - Reaching Young People
Fact sheet: TB in the United States, a Snapshot: 2011
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National Estimate Shows Not Enough Young Women Tested for Chlamydia
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More Detailed Information about Research Highlighted in Press Release
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- Fact Sheet: Chlamydia
- Fact Sheet: 10 Ways STDs Impact Women Differently From Men
In conjunction with National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, CDC launches its newest HIV testing and awareness campaign for African American women – Take Charge. Take the Test. Please visit our media resources page for more information you can use in your coverage, including a press release, backgrounder and downloadable graphics.
Statement Ending the Black HIV/AIDS Epidemic in America, by NCHHSTP Director Dr. Kevin Fenton
Video National Black HIV / AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) Statement NCHHSTP Director Dr. Kevin Fenton’s official statement in observance of NBHAAD.
Bio and Photo of Dr. Kevin Fenton
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- Downloadable Videos and Graphics
- Fact Sheet: HIV and AIDS among African Americans
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Disease Information
- HIV/AIDS CDC's comprehensive Web site on HIV/AIDS
- STDs CDC’s site covering BV, Chlamydia, Herpes, HPV, Gonorrhea, PID, Syphilis and Trichomoniasis
- Tuberculosis CDC’s site offering a wide-range of information on TB
- Viral Hepatitis CDC’s site providing information on Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E
NCHHSTP Experts
- Kevin Fenton, MD, PhD, FFPH: Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
- Gail Bolan, MD: Director, Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention Program
- RADM Kenneth G. Castro, MD: Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service; Director, Tuberculosis Elimination Program
- Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH: Director, HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
- John Ward, MD: Director, Viral Hepatitis Program
- Howell Wechsler, EdD, MPH: Director, Division of Adolescent and School Health
NCHHSTP
CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) is responsible for public health surveillance, prevention research, and programs to prevent and control HIV and AIDS, other STDs, viral hepatitis, and TB. NCHHSTP staff work in collaboration with governmental and nongovernmental partners at the community, state, national, and international levels.
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