Department of Health and Human Services

By Castro, Kenneth G.

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Title:	Department of Health and Human Services
Author:	Castro, Kenneth G.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Medical research, Medical reports
Collections:	Medical Library Collection
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Publisher:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Citation APA MLA Chicago G. Castr, B. K. (n.d.). Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Excerpt
Greetings from Atlanta, where we are having a long, hot summer. I believe the reason we get so much done is that we prefer to travel to the field, away from Atlanta, or stay and work long hours in our air-conditioned offices rather than venture out into the hot, mosquito infested surroundings!

Table of Contents
In This Issue Highlights from State and Local Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 World TB Day and TB Awareness Fortnight in Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 California’s Efforts to Ensure Performance of Routine AFB Smear Examinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Investigating Clusters of TB Among the Homeless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Bilingual-Access Phone Cards: An Incentive to Completing LTBI Treatment Among Foreign-born Persons, Alabama, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Florida Utilizes New Public Health Advisors for Outbreak Response and Special Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Updates from the Communications and Education Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 PARTNERS in Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 HIV/TB Info for AIDS Service Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Update from the Laboratory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Results of the National Genotyping Network Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Updates from the Research and Evaluation Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Meeting on Rifamycins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Report on the 11th Semiannual Meeting of the TB Trials Consortium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Training and Educational Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 New CDC Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Personnel Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25