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DHHS-PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES ANTIMICROBIAL-RESISTANT GONORRHEA CONTRACT - $477,048
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Dr. Iulia Vann
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BACKGROUND
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With funding from the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services - Epidemiology/Communicable Disease Branch, the Guilford County Department of Health & Human Services - Public Health Division has established a health trends research contract with Wake Forest University Health Sciences. Together, Wake Forest and Guilford County are researching drug-resistant gonorrhea. Wake Forest will collaborate with Guilford Public Health team to enhance the lab's capacity, pilot new methods for gonorrhea resistance testing, and develop novel strategies for rapid response to antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhea.
The Strengthening the U.S. Response to Resistant Gonorrhea (SURRG) is a project initiated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to combat the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea. The main goals of the SURRG project are to enhance surveillance and detection of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea, improve laboratory capacity to detect resistance, and develop rapid response strategies to control and prevent the spread of resistant strains.
Key components of the SURRG project include:
1. Enhanced Surveillance: Collecting and analyzing data on gonorrhea cases to identify trends and patterns in resistance.
2. Improved Laboratory Capacity: Increasing the ability of state and local laboratories to test for antibiotic resistance in gonorrhea.
3. Rapid Response: Implementing strategies to quickly respond to and contain outbreaks of resistant gonorrhea.
4. Research and Collaboration: Partnering with health departments, academic institutions, and other organizations to conduct research and develop new methods for detecting and responding to resistant gonorrhea.
The SURRG project involves multiple jurisdictions across the United States, working t...
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