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566: Policies to Curb Sexually Transmitted Infections, Xylazine Regulation and Testing
Public Health Review Morning Edition
English - December 18, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.39 MB - ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Government healthcare health healthnews news publichealth Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO Immediate Past President and Chief Medical Officer for the Alaska Department of Health, says policies can help address the fact that the number of babies born with syphilis is ten times higher than in 2012; JoAnne McClure, ASTHO Senior Analyst for State Health Policy, outlines the different ways states and territories have reacted to xylazine being in the illicit drug supply; and Amani Echols, Policy and Government Affairs Manager for the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, discusses an online webinar revealing an article ASTHO worked on about public health approaches to perinatal substance use.
ASTHO Webpage: Supporting a Syndemic Approach – Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections
ASTHO Blog Article: How the Emergence of Xylazine Impacts Overdose Prevention Policy