Alabama – North Carolina STD | HIV Prevention Training Center

CDC Analysis Provides New Look at Disproportionate Impact of HIV and Syphilis Among U.S. Gay and Bisexual Men

A data analysis released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention underscores the disproportionate impact of HIV and syphilis among gay and bisexual men in the United States. The data, presented at CDC’s 2010 National STD Prevention Conference, finds that the rate of new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM) [...]

Web based Didactic Training Through UK CE Central for 2010

The Alabama – North Carolina STD | HIV PTC in association with The University of Kentucky’s CECentral.com presents STD | HIV Update 2010. Nine (9) separate training courses are offered with 1 hour of CE available for each course. A module covering syphilis is in development and will be available soon. The courses are all [...]

New Tool to Fight Syphilis? Walmart Gift Cards

NORTH CAROLINA: “New Tool to Fight Syphilis? Walmart Gift Cards” MSNBC.com (09.14.09):: Brian Alexander Forsyth County, N.C., has already recorded 140 syphilis cases this year, more than triple the number for 2008, and the poor economy may be partly to blame, say officials there. However, the economy also motivated many residents to get screened for the disease [...]

Syphilis in Alabama

Hanne Harbison, RN, CRNP, MSPH a nurse practitioner and research nurse in the Jefferson County Department of Health STD Clinic in Birmingham, Alabama wrote the following article, “Syphilis in Alabama”, below is an excerpt from that article: For the last ten months, I have worked as a nurse practitioner and research nurse in the Jefferson [...]