sábado, 28 de junio de 2014

CDC Web Updates: New Items Added to CDC's HIV Web site

CDC Web Updates: New Items Added to CDC's HIV Web site



e-HAP Web Updates: What's on the Web — Information from CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention





New Items Added to CDC's HIV Web site
This document updates recommendations for HIV testing by laboratories in the United States and offers approaches for reporting test results to persons ordering HIV tests and to public health authorities.This document updates recommendations for HIV testing by laboratories in the United States and offers approaches for reporting test results to persons ordering HIV tests and to public health authorities.

  
The recommended algorithm is a sequence of tests used in combination to improve the accuracy of the laboratory diagnosis of HIV based on testing of serum or plasma specimens.

              
This report describes novel HIV screening programs at the Urban Health Plan (UHP), Inc. in New York City and the Interim Louisiana Hospital (ILH) in New Orleans that can serve as models that could be adapted by other health-care settings.    
         
Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) is an ongoing surveillance system that assesses behaviors and clinical characteristics of HIV-infected persons who have received outpatient medical care.     
        
This report summarizes results for 104 health-risk behaviors plus obesity, overweight, and asthma from the 2013 national survey, 42 state surveys, and 21 large urban school district surveys conducted among students in grades 9–12. 



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Additional Resources:
Act Against AIDS 
www.cdc.gov/actagainstaids
CDC HIV/AIDS
www.cdc.gov/hiv
Visit CDC’s HIV/AIDS Web site.
CDC-INFO 
http://www.cdc.gov/cdc-info/
Get information about personal risk, prevention, and testing.
CDC National HIV Testing Resources 
www.hivtest.cdc.gov
Text your ZIP code to KNOW IT or 566948. Locate an HIV testing site near you.
CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) www.cdcnpin.org
Find CDC resources and technical assistance.
AIDSinfo 
1-800-448-0440
www.aidsinfo.nih.gov
Locate resources on HIV and AIDS treatment and clinical trials.
Please contact us with questions, comments or other feedback about e-HAP

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