Health and social service professionals who develop or manage programs for populations at risk for hepatitis now have a new online resource to find out about other programs that use innovative methods of preventing viral hepatitis. Each listing includes contact information, as well as links to background information and related organizations.
Visitors can also download appropriate educational materials for their clients.
The website also offers an English translation of this new chapter. The application deadline for the Fellowship on Raising Hepatitis B Vaccination Among Teenage Asians and Pacific Islanders in Physician Practices Through Assessment, Feedback, and Training is April 27, 2001. According to the article, CDC conducted a study to assess the risk for meningococcal disease in 2001 among U.S. pilgrims to the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Departing pilgrims and travelers returning from Saudi Arabia were tested for N. meningitidis. Returning pilgrims were found to be more likely to be carriers than departing pilgrims.