by Sarenka Smith | Oct 31, 2019 | Blog
2019 Annual Global Tuberculosis Report Released by World Health OrganizationEach year since 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) has published a global report on tuberculosis in an effort to provide the public with a comprehensive and current assessment of the...
by Sarenka Smith | Oct 3, 2019 | Blog
Pediatric asthma is considered the most common chronic serious disease among infants and children, with approximately 8.4 percent of children diagnosed in the United States. Within the past two decades, the prevalence of asthma has steadily risen and the number of...
by Sarenka Smith | Sep 3, 2019 | Blog
The Ben Franklin Tuberculosis (TB) Program, housed at Columbus Public Health (CPH), serves as the TB control unit for Franklin County, Ohio. The program is responsible for all aspects of TB surveillance, case management, and prevention and control activities....
by Lauren Brown | Aug 30, 2019 | Blog
Providing high-magnitude financial incentives may be a key intervention in promoting viral suppression among people with HIVClinical experts struggle to find effective ways to keep patients on daily antiretroviral therapy (ART) to prevent future HIV transmission....
by Sarenka Smith | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog
Our new feature explores the stories of emocha users and participants.Since 2014, emocha has helped hundreds of patients with tuberculosis across the country take thousands of doses of medication. Each of our more than 60 public health programs represents an array of...
by Sebastian Seiguer | Aug 8, 2019 | Blog
The rising rate of neonatal abstinence syndrome can be prevented through harm reduction strategies and programs focused on medication-assisted treatmentMore than 130 people in the United States die every day from opioid overdoses. In 2017, overdoses claimed the lives...