CDC's new Infertility Prevention Project website

2006 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2006 Guidelines for the Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases were published in the August 4, 2006 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR 2006:55[No. RR-11]. The 2006 guidelines, developed by CDC in consultation with STD professionals from around the country, updates the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2002 (MMWR 2002;51[No. RR-6]).

CDC Lab Guidelines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2002 Laboratory Guidelines for Screening Tests to Detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections in the October 18, 2002 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

CDC STD Fact Sheets

The STD fact sheets on the CDC website (http://www.cdc.gov) have been revised and have a new look. The fact sheets are some of the most visited pages on their public web site. The Chlamydia and Genital Herpes fact sheets consistently score in the top 100 most visited pages on the CDC web.

Here are the links to the updated fact sheets:

• Bacterial Vaginosis
• Chlamydia
• Gonorrhea
• Herpes
• HPV
• PID
• Syphilis
• Trichomoniasis
• STDs & Pregnancy
• MSM & Syphilis
• STDs and HIV Prevention

Mapping: Women’s Health Investments at HRSA

Offers a new resource for identifying HRSA's women's health programs across the Nation.  The HRSA Geospatial Data Warehouse (HGDW) provides a single point of access to HRSA programmatic information, related health resources, and demographic data for reporting on HRSA activities.  Recently, HRSA OWH worked with the Office of Information Technology to develop a mapping function specifically for HRSA's women's health investments.  The HGDW enables geographic display of this information across the US and its Territories through the Map Tool for any specified fiscal year.

Steps to create a map of Women's Health Investments at HRSA: 

Ø       Step 1 Go to: http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/help

Ø       Step 2 Select Map Tool from the menu on the left side of the screen

Ø       Step 3 The first tab allows you to select your geographical area of interest.  Select your area of interest and continue to the second tab titled, "Select Data Layers."

Ø       Step 4 The "Select data layers" tab consists of 6 tabs grouping the data available for the geographic area of interest by subject area, including: HRSA Programs, Health Systems, Demographics and Statistics, Administrative, Roads, and Water.

Ø       Step 5 The HRSA Programs tab contains two subtabs: HRSA Grant Programs and Other HRSA Activities.  Select Other HRSA Activities tab and scroll down to HRSA Investments in Women's Health.

Ø       Step 6 Confirm your selection on tab 3,"Verify Selection" and click on Make Map.

Chlamydia Testing Technologies

(01/2007), Richard Steece, Ph.D., D(ABMM)
National Chlamydia Laboratory Coordinator
Infertility Prevention Project

Discussion of principles, advantages, and disadvantages of test technologies available to treat chlamydia updated July 2004.

National STD Prevention Conference

Recorded sessions and presentations from past conferences available for download. Conference delegates from academia, public health departments, nongovernmental organizations, the private health sector, and policy-related organizations are invited to explore current issues, share successes, ask and debate new questions, and seek answers that will advance STD prevention into the future.

HealthCast from Kaiser Network

As the webcasting service of kaisernetwork.org, HealthCast provides live and archived coverage of events on various subjects, such as Medicare, Medicaid, prescription drugs, health information technology, HIV/AIDS, minority health and more.

Gonoccocal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP)

Monitors trends in antimicrobial susceptibilities of strains of N. gonorrhoeae in the United States in order to establish a rational basis for the selection of gonococcal therapies. GISP is a collaborative project between selected sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinics, five regional laboratories, and CDC.

YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System