Resources
These resources are designed to supplement the work of Maryland’s infectious disease and primary care workforce.
Maryland Engagement in HIV Care
This live infographic uses Maryland surveillance data for current residents to describe the number and percentage of persons living with diagnosed HIV who belong to select stages of the HIV continuum.
Provider Perspectives
To commemorate the program and its work over the past three years, we spoke with two of the faces behind Alive! Maryland – Tawanna Davis, MA, who works on behalf of the Maryland Department of Health (MDH), and Melissa Kelley, EdD, CHES, who works on behalf of HealthHIV – about their backgrounds, their hopes for the future of Maryland’s healthcare workforce, and more.
Testing and Services Locator from HIV.gov
Harm Reduction 2020: Staying Alive in the Age of Fentanyl and COVID
This presentation examines harm reduction and its advocates and critics.
CDC Harm Reduction: Alcohol and Substance Use
Increased stress can lead to increases in alcohol and substance use. If you or someone you care about is starting to use alcohol or other substances, or is increasing their use during the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC provides these suggestions that may help.
Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition: Support Groups
This Baltimore-based organization implements public health services and advocates for policies to expand harm reduction in Baltimore and across the state of Maryland.
HealthHIV Harm Reduction Resources
This compendium of harm reduction resources is maintained by HealthHIV.
Harm Reduction Services
This list of harm reduction services for nicotine, opioids, and more comes from Filter Magazine.
MDH: Center for Harm Reduction Services
Maryland Department of Health harm reduction program overseeing Overdose Response Program, Syringe Services Program, naloxone distribution, harm reduction grants, and various workforce development, training, and technical assistance activities.
CDC Hepatitis Resources
A comprehensive list of CDC tools, patient education materials, publications, training, reports, and education campaigns.
UMBC Center for Community Collaboration
Provides syringe service and needle exchange programs in Baltimore City and Maryland.
The Johns Hopkins Center Infectious Disease Center for Viral Hepatitis C
Provides information on treatment options for Hepatitis C and Johns Hopkins treatment facilities.
University of Maryland Hepatitis C Services
Includes information on Hepatitis C indicators as well as providing treatment options.
Maryland Hepatitis C Strategic Plan
Maryland’s 2019 plan to eliminate Hepatitis C virus using a 4-pronged approach to reduce new infection and provide equitable care.
Maryland HepVu
Statistics for Hepatitis C prevalence, mortality, and co-indicators in Maryland.