From the CEO
Welcome home! –
It may seem like a strange way to start a column but for those of you who were with us in Washington for the 2008 AMCMP Conference I hope your trip home was easy and you have fond memories of our time together. This month’s issue of Pulse focuses on Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Awareness and HIV/AIDS in women. Just last week I read shocking new reports on the current rates of sexually transmitted infections (STI) among young women. [read more]
March 10, HIV/AIDS in Women and Girls Awareness Day
March 20, National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
April, STD Awareness Month
Legislative Corner
AMCHP Past Presidents Join Call for Full Funding of MCH Block Grant [more]
AMCHP Builds on Senate Amendment Recommending MCH Funding Increase – With Congress in the middle of a two week spring recess, AMCHP has been strategizing on how to best capitalize on the Senate’s passage last week of an amendment recommending full funding the MCH Block Grant at $850 million in FY 09. [more]
New Legislation Calls for Medicaid Reg Moratorium [more]
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MCH Success Stories
The Benefits of Collaboration -
One feature of the National Stakeholders Meeting (NSM) is a chance for state teams to hear from previous NSM participants during the Learning from Experience panel. Hearing from the panelists provides an overview of the activities state teams often undertake during and after participating in the NSM and highlights some of the project's successes, ranging from policy implementation, to curricula development, to previously unseen state-level coordination. [read the successes]
Features
Health & Education Staff Work Together to Prevent HIV, STD and Teen Pregnancy - The National Stakeholders Meeting [more]
National Public Health Week is April 7-13 – The theme of this year’s National Public Health Week is Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance. [learn more]
Premiere: Unnatural Causes… Is Inequality Making Us Sick? [more]
Trends
Disparities in STD Prevalance in Girls, Ages 14-19 [graph]
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