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DPH Hosts Twitter Chat on Black Health Issues
DPH hosted a Twitter chat Feb. 28 to discuss health issues affecting
Georgia's African-American population. Kimberly Redding, M.D., DPH's
director of health promotion and disease prevention, joined Otis Brawley,
M.D., chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, and experts from
the Morehouse School of Medicine, Spelman College and Emory University's
Rollins School of Public Health in a discussion of health disparities in
heart disease, diabetes, cancer and more. According to the website
Hashtracking.com, the chat reached more than 545,000 Twitter users and
messages were delivered to 2.1 million Twitter timelines.
Confirming Rapid HIV Test Results
The Georgia Department of Public Health now offers a webinar on the use of
dried blood spots to confirm HIV-1 after a preliminary positive result on a
rapid HIV test. This webinar is primarily aimed at organizations that
implement HIV testing in non-laboratory, community settings. In addition to
confirmatory HIV testing, the same dried blood spot card can also be used to
collect blood to test a client for hepatitis, CD4 count, viral load and much
more. View the webinar
here .
Public Health Remembers C. Everett Koop, M.D.
C. Everett Koop, M.D., former U.S. Surgeon General appointed by President
Reagan, died on Feb. 25. He was 96. Koop is remembered as a pioneer in
addressing nicotine addition, the dangers of second-hand smoke and for
taking on tobacco companies over the health risks of their products. Koop
openly addressed the impact of the emerging HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s
to educate and empower the public about the disease. His bold leadership
changed public policy and our nation's health.
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