Accomplishments

 

  • Organized a national network of STD directors and program staff.

  • Conducted a critically needed "Needs Assessment" of STD project areas
    in 2001 to quantify infrastructure status and needs.

  • Co-sponsored a meeting with the National Conference of State Legislatures
    to educate state legislators on syphilis elimination issues.

  • Developed a system to detail state and local STD staff to assist high-incidence areas in the syphilis elimination effort.

  • Co-sponsored congressional briefing on STDs with American Social
    Health Association.

  • Advised and helped implement key CDC and other federal initiatives such
    as syphilis elimination, infertility prevention, STD treatment protocols, Healthy People 2010 Objectives, viral STDs and managed care.

  • Co-sponsored two STD and Managed Care Institutes to assist STD Directors with changes in a constantly evolving health care environment.

  • Sponsored muliple regional meetings on the national syphilis elimination effort.

 

  • Advocated to increase federal funding for STD programs – more than $54 million in new dollars have been appropriated since 1998

 

  • Participated in key CDC initiatives such as syphilis elimination, infertility prevention, Healthy People 2010 Objectives, STD Treatment Guidelines, NCSD/NASTAD/CDC MSM Workgroup, and input on the new Comprehensive STD Prevention Services (CSPS) 5-year grant application

 

  • Successfully negotiated a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) that is now part of base grant totals for all STD Project Areas

 

  •  Developed STD Program Core Components to assist Program Directors with a roadmap focused on public health interventions specific to STDs for sustainable, effective programs