National Organization Updates
As Unemployment Rates Rise, Thousands Of Covid-19 Contact Tracers Trained Through New Online Training Course In All 50 States – NCSD and ASTHO Press Statement 5/15/2020
NCSD Launches TellYourContacts.org, A Cutting-Edge Tool Allowing COVID-19 Cases To Notify Contacts – NCSD Press Statement 5/13/2020
HIV Lessons for COVID-19 Contact Tracing – O’Neil Institute
White Paper: Principles Technology Assisted Contact Tracing – ACLU
Video: Your Privacy Guide to Tech-Assisted Contact Tracing – ACLU
LHD HIV, STI, and Hepatitis Programs Respond and Adapt to COVID-19 – National Association of County and City Health Officials
Position Statement on Public Health Capacity for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Surge – National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Health Organizations Announce COVID-19 Contact Tracing Training – NCSD Press Statement 4/29/2020
Governor Cuomo & Former Mayor Bloomberg Lead With Investment in Contact Tracing – NCSD Press Statement 4/22/2020
Senate COVID-19 Relief Package is a Good First Step, but Falls Short on Funding for Contact Tracing – NCSD Press Statement 4/21/2020
To Safely Reopen the Country, a National Contact Tracing Strategy Is Needed; President Trump’s Plan Misses That – NCSD Press Statement 4/17/2020
CDC Plan To Re-open America Omits Key Support For DIS Contact Tracers Amid COVID-19 Pandemic – NCSD Press Statment 4/15/2020
An Army of Contact Tracers Will Bend the COVID-19 Curve – NCSD Press Statement 4/6/2020
Update: Starved Public Health System In Distress, STD First Respondents Spring Into Action Against COVID-19 – NCSD Press Statement 3/23/2020
Starved Public Health System in Distress, STD First Responders Spring into Action Against COVID-19 – NCSD Press Statement 3/20/2020
White Paper: Principles Technology Assisted Contact Tracing – ACLU
Video: Your Privacy Guide to Tech-Assisted Contact Tracing – ACLU
LHD HIV, STI, and Hepatitis Programs Respond and Adapt to COVID-19 – National Association of County and City Health Officials
Position Statement on Public Health Capacity for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Surge – National Association of County and City Health Officials
What You Need to Know About Federal Emergency Supplemental Funding for COVID-19 – ASTHOExperts blog
National Coronavirus Response: A Road Map To Reopening – American Enterprise Institute, a road map with proposed milestones and approaches to transition from physical distancing to reopening business and community activities as transmissions are brought under control.
COVID-19 Testing Resources – A resource from Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) includes IDSA recommendations to clinicians and describes current testing capacity.
Safer Drug Use & COVID-19 for Providers – Guidance from the Harm Reduction Coalition
Considerations & Suggested Practices for Ambulatory HIV Specialty Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic – American Academy of HIV Medicine
COVID-19: Special Considerations for People with HIV – HIV Medicine Association
COVID-19: Resource Center – Infectious Disease Society of America
Sex and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – Building Healthy Online Communities
Key changes made to telehealth guidelines to boost COVID-19 care – American Medical Association
HIV2020 Is Cancelled: Alternatives Being Explored
Statement from International Network of People who use Drugs – The deadline for sign on is Monday, 6 April, by noon (12:00 – London time).