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December 2020
Release of First-Ever Sexually Transmitted Infections National Strategic Plan The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is excited to announce that the first-ever STI National Strategic Plan (STI Plan) will be released on Thursday, December 17, 2020. You can learn about the STI Plan and where to find more information about it by participating in a webinar hosted by HHS, Thursday, December 17, 2020 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET. The plan will serve as
Find out moreMarch 2021
This training is part of a free webinar series from the STD/HIV Prevention Training Center at Johns Hopkins, designed to increase your knowledge regarding Sexual Health Assessment. You can register at the National Network of STD Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) website. Zoom links for each webinar will be sent prior to the event to all confirmed registrants.
Find out moreThis training is part of a free webinar series from the STD/HIV Prevention Training Center at Johns Hopkins, designed to increase your knowledge regarding Sexual Health Assessment. You can register at the National Network of STD Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) website. Zoom links for each webinar will be sent prior to the event to all confirmed registrants.
Find out moreJoin the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a webinar releasing a new report on addressing the rising number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States. One in five people in the United States will have an STI in a given year, with nearly 68 million infections estimated in 2018. STIs are often asymptomatic (especially in women) and are therefore often undiagnosed and unreported. Untreated STIs can have severe health consequences,
Find out moreThis training is part of a free webinar series from the STD/HIV Prevention Training Center at Johns Hopkins, designed to increase your knowledge regarding Sexual Health Assessment. You can register at the National Network of STD Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) website. Zoom links for each webinar will be sent prior to the event to all confirmed registrants.
Find out moreJuly 2021
The STI & HIV 2021 World Congress will be held virtually from 14 to 17 July 2021. Registration is open. Download this flyer to see a speaker list. This biennial meeting dedicated to STI in its broadest sense is organized by the International Society for STD Research (ISSTDR) in collaboration with the International Union against STI World (IUSTI World). The 2021 theme is “Sexual diversity and the city." The mission is to address diversity, health and
Find out moreSeptember 2021
IUSTI Canada Webinar Series | Série de webinaires de l’UIITS Canada Wednesday, September 29, 2021 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) STIs have been prominent players in our lives for the whole of human history, affecting everything from World Wars to reality TV, yet they are still shrouded in stigma and taboo. Join Ina Park, MD, MS to discuss her book Strange Bedfellows which blends stories of real people’s sexual escapades,
Find out moreOctober 2021
The 2021 National Sexual Health Conference—held virtually this year due to ongoing safety concerns and uncertainty around travel, crowds, and COVID variants—will bring together clinicians, researchers, educators, social workers and healthcare administrators from across the United States and around the world to share information, efforts, and best practices around sexual health across the lifespan. The National Sexual Health Conference bridges the varied disciplines of education, advocacy, clinical care, and public health, among others, in order
Find out moreA new model for gonorrhea control in Canada: Surveillance, new way of selecting best therapeutics and maybe a vaccine? Gonorrhea resistance surveillance is of utmost importance as it allows for rapid treatment guidelines adjustments. The advent of rapid testing tools can help best select antibiotic choice thus decreasing the selective pressure on a single antibiotic. Data emerging about vaccine giving protection against gonorrhea makes us think that we may have a new tool in a
Find out moreMarch 2022
The Advancing HIV, STI and Viral Hepatitis Testing Conference will be a virtual event, held on March 29 – April 1, 2022. This conference is brought to you by the American Sexual Health Association, the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association, the Association of Public Health Laboratories, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Conference will cover diagnostic testing in laboratories, public health programs and clinical practice for HIV, STI and viral hepatitis. Attendees
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