An AIDS-Free Generation
12-6-2012
Despite great strides in treating HIV, and despite effective prevention strategies that have reduced its spread among many populations, about 50,000 new cas…
Injection Drug Use
Celebrating National Recovery Month and Associated Efforts to Strengthen Viral Hepatitis Services
9-6-2012September marks the 23rd annual observance of National Recovery Month (Recovery Month). Our colleagues at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis…
Increasing HIV Testing, Including Rapid Testing, in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
6-20-2012Although the U.S. has made progress in reducing the number of new HIV infections among injection drug users and their sexual partners, CDC estimates that inject…
Addressing Viral Hepatitis in People With Substance Use Disorders
3-1-2012Our colleagues at SAMHSA have just released a new Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP), Addressing Viral Hepatitis in People With Substance Use Disorders. This …
U.S. Conference on AIDS – Highlights of Day 2
11-12-2011This is the second in our series of daily highlights from USCA 2011. The National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) was featured prominently again in several sessions.Ga…
Celebrating National Substance Abuse Prevention Month
10-25-2011This month, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is standing with President Obama and our public health partners to celebrate National Substance A…
Assistant Secretary Dr. Howard Koh Highlights Drug Prevention Month
11-3-2010Last month, Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health, spoke with R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), about…
Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Services for Injection Drug Users
7-19-2010Co-authored by Jeffrey S. CrowleyWe have known from the very beginning of the HIV epidemic that sharing needles and other drug-related paraphernalia is associat…