Emerging Trends in Public Health
Sharing Session - 60 Minutes
Rebekah Horowitz, JD, MPH
Senior Program Analyst, HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis
NACCHO
Jessica Del Toro, BA
Healthy Beats Management Analyst
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
Brandy Maddox, MPH, MCHES
Health Scientist/Evaluation Specialist
Division of STD Prevention/U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sonali Kulkarni, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Division of HIV/STD Programs
County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that can have very serious complications if untreated, but syphilis rates are rising rapidly nationwide even as it is preventable and curable. LHDs are critical to addressing this urgent crisis. It is essential that innovative strategies, including interventions in pregnancy such as case management and public awareness campaigns, be considered and incorporated into local efforts to increase testing and treatment and address all syphilis cases, especially congenital syphilis.