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Committee advances $600,000 grant to bolster gonorrhea detection and response
Summary
The committee forwarded a resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept approximately $600,000 for a CDC‑linked project to detect and respond to potentially antibiotic‑resistant gonorrhea; DPH cited high local rates and said the project will develop identification and response strategies.
The Budget and Finance Committee voted to send a resolution to the full Board that would retroactively authorize the Department of Public Health to accept and expend approximately $600,000 from Public Health Foundation Enterprises for an Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) Gonorrhea Rapid Detection and Response Project (8/1/2016–7/31/2017).
Susan Phillips, Director of Disease Prevention and Control in DPH’s Population Health Division, said the Centers for Disease Control has identified antibiotic‑resistant gonorrhea as one of its top three antimicrobial threats and that California reports the highest number of gonorrhea cases of any state. “San Francisco has the highest rate per population of gonorrhea, of any area within California,” Phillips said, and described the project’s goal to identify potentially resistant infections and devise public‑health responses to protect community health.
No public comment was offered on the item. The committee’s motion to forward the resolution with a positive recommendation passed unanimously and will proceed to the full Board for final action.
