The Maine HIV, STD, and Viral Hepatitis program has updated its web site. For easy access to information and resources, check out www.mainepublichealth.gov/hivstdhep
The Sixth Annual Comprehensive Sexuality Education Conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. April 7 at the Augusta Civic Center.
Keynote speaker is Pamela Wilson, M.S.W., author of Our Whole lives: Sexuality Education for Grades 7-9. Workshops focus on foundational knowledge and skills, networking opportunities, and innovative ideas to put into practice.
The cost is $40 before March 18 and $50 after March 18.
The conference is co-sponsored by: Family Planning Association of Maine; Maine Department of Education; Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, an Office of the Department of Health & Human Services; New Beginnings; University of Maine Farmington; and the Maine Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
For more information and to register: https://www.mainefamilyplanning.org/forms/conference_form.php
HIV
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has released the report HIV Screening and Access to Care: Exploring the Impact of Policies on Access to and Provision of HIV Care. The report examines how Federal and State laws and policies and private health insurance policies affect entry into clinical care and the provision of continuous and sustained care for people with HIV.
US CDC has published an article on disparities in HIV diagnoses among African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities.
STDs
US CDC published the article “Discordant Results from Reverse Sequence Syphilis Screening” in the MMWR.
Viral Hepatitis
US CDC has made new patient education materials related to hepatitis available on its website.
The following articles have been published in the MMWR:
