Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on City and Local Health Departments Combatting HCV (Hepatitis C Virus) and Other Infectious Diseases

National Association of County and City Health Officials. 07/11/2017 This one-hour, six-minute presentation, from the 2017 National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Annual Conference, discusses how city and local health departments are dealing with the increase of infectious disease cases because of the opioid epidemic, and the actionable steps they are taking for early diagnosis. Speakers ' topics include the implementation of a new program for rapid hepatitis C testing in the local public health context, and the intersection of overdose opioid use disorder and hepatitis C virus in Pennsylvania. (Video or Multimedia)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - January 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news