The HIV/STD Program addresses public health issues and activities with the goal of preventing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV infection in Alaska as well as their impact on health. HIV/STD Program staff apply the best available scientific information, public health program experience, and epidemiologic methods to help guide statewide disease control strategies, policies, and activities.

Spotlight

• Slide set: HIV Epidemiologic Profile 1982-2011; Summary of HIV 1982-2012 (1.1 MB)
• 2013-2016 Alaska HIV Plan (3.5 MB)
• HIV Resource Guide for Medical and HIV Testing Providers (Interactive)
• HIV Resource Guide for Medical and HIV Testing Providers (Printer-Friendly) (349 KB)
• Patient awareness posters:
  • HIV Outbreak Posters — Fairbanks (1.8 MB)
  • Syphilis Outbreak Posters — Anchorage (2.3 MB)
  • Syphilis Outbreak Posters — Fairbanks (980 KB)
  • STD Outbreak Posters — Alaska (1.6 MB)
• Link to CDC's ATLAS. The ATLAS is an interactive, map-based interface depicting National Surveillance data for HIV/AIDS and sexual transmitted disease (STD). Tuberculosis and viral Hepatitis data will be added later in 2012. A video tutorial has been recorded and is available at www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/atlas. Please explore the ATLAS and check back for updates.
• Confidential Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)/HIV Report Form  (38 KB)
• Cephalosporin Susceptibility Among Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates — United States, 2000–2010 MMWR, July 8, 2011/ 60(26);873-877
• Interactive Display of Alaska Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Data, by Region
  *Added: New detailed case data 2001-2010
• Expedited Partner Therapy
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemiology Report on Expedited Partner Therapy in Alaska  (1.4 MB)
  An Investigation of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices regarding Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) in Alaska; 2010.

HIV/STD Program activities include:

• conducting case investigations and surveillance for selected STD (gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis), HIV infection, and AIDS;
• analyzing and publishing Alaska HIV/STD data and public health recommendations for health care providers and the broader community (see Epidemiology Bulletins posted on this web page);
• providing public health policy guidance related to HIV/AIDS and STD;
• interviewing (or coordinating with other public health providers to interview) HIV and STD patients for sexual (and for HIV, injecting) partners; assisting HIV and STD patients to confidentially notify partners of their exposure; and assisting partners to access screening and treatment, as appropriate;
  
• providing consultation to, and follow up with, clinical service providers on diagnosis and treatment for patients with STD;
• working with the State Public Health Laboratories to make appropriate screening technology available for detection of STD and HIV, with emphasis on populations at increased risk of infection;
• working with the statewide HIV Prevention Planning Group to set priorities and target effective uses for federal HIV prevention funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (see the Alaska HIV Prevention Plan);
• providing targeted HIV prevention grants and technical assistance on HIV prevention interventions to community based and local governmental organizations, consistent with priorities developed by the statewide HIV Prevention Planning Group;
• providing HIV care grants to community-based organizations for individualized case management; client advocacy; access to HIV-related medications; and payment for outpatient medical, dental, mental health, and other supportive services for individuals and families affected by HIV;
• providing training for health and social service providers on topics such as HIV prevention counseling and HIV testing and HIV/STD risk reduction interventions;
• sponsoring continuing education opportunities related to HIV/AIDS and STD for medical and other health care professionals, in collaboration with other agencies (in particular, two centers at the University of Washington in Seattle: AIDS Education & Training and STD Prevention/Treatment); and
• conducting activities to evaluate programmatic efforts to prevent and control STD and HIV.

Many other credible HIV/STD resources are available online, and individuals seeking general information about STD and HIV are encouraged to take advantage of the following useful sites:

• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
• CDC National Prevention Information Network
• Division of STD Prevention
• American Social Health Association
• HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service
• Northwest AIDS Education and Training Center

Alaska HIV/STD Program Resource Sheet

• Alaska HIV/AIDS Resource Sheet  (112 KB)