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DPH warnsSTD rates are rising; commission asks for targets, more data and six-month follow-up
Summary
San Francisco Department of Public Health reported increases in gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis while HIV diagnoses fall; DPH cited declining CDC STD grant funding and proposed a mix of short-term and upstream strategies. Commissioners requested disaggregated data, targets and a six-month update.
San Francisco Department of Public Health presented surveillance and programmatic information showing increases in sexually transmitted disease (STD) diagnoses even as new HIV diagnoses decline.
Susan Phillips, director of the Disease Prevention and Control branch, told the commission San Francisco is one of seven cities that receive CDC direct funding for STD prevention, but that the CDC's funding formula is reducing grant dollars (DPH cited a projected 25% decrease over the five-year grant cycle starting in 2014). Phillips said DPH has leveraged local general…
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