by Judith Thigpen | Apr 15, 2021 | Currrent
The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) co-hosted a World TB Day webinar for TB elimination partners and public health TB program staff entitled The Tuberculosis Epidemic: Impact in California and Strategies to Reach Elimination on...
by Judith Thigpen | Mar 25, 2021 | Currrent
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/TB-Disease-Data.aspx Each year in March, the number of TB cases diagnosed the year before are reported to the public. Tracking TB diagnoses and subpopulations affected disproportionately directs public health department...
by Judith Thigpen | Mar 2, 2021 | Currrent
Social Media and Light Up in Red Campaigns Updated and Relaunched CTCA Communications Committee (CC) World TB Day (WTBD) 2021 preparations focused on simplifying the 3rd generation WTBD Toolkit. The Social Media Campaign was updated and focused on Twitter posts and...
by Judith Thigpen | Feb 2, 2021 | Currrent
CTCA is excited to announce the arrival of Ryan Clary, a seasoned coalition consultant, with a background in infectious disease control efforts. He will be helping to grow the Coalition for a TB-Free California. Ryan joins us with a lot of experience in Hep C, HIV...
by Judith Thigpen | Jan 24, 2021 | Currrent
In January 2021, the CTCA Communications Committee (CC) Co-Chairs decided to launch a monthly journal club that takes place the hour before CC meetings. The journal club provides members with an opportunity to read the latest relevant publications for TB CC efforts....
by Judith Thigpen | Dec 24, 2020 | Currrent
At the 2020 Fall TB Controllers Meeting in November, we briefly presented California requirements for Health Care Personnel (HCP) TB Screening and COVID-19 emergency response changes to these requirements. Licensing and Certification and CalOSHA require routine TB...
