Ryan White Part B

• AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP)
• HOPWA Technical Assistance for Service Providers
• Provide Enterprise Technical Assistance

DPH's STD/HIV Division provides contracts to community-based partners (pdf) to deliver HIV, STD and viral hepatitis prevention services.

Preventing perinatal hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission is an integral part of the national strategy to eliminate hepatitis B in the United States. National guidelines call for the following:

The SC Cancer Alliance is a non-profit organization and primary partner of DPH's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. The SC Cancer Alliance holds DPH's most current State Cancer Plan.

The mission of the SCCA is to reduce the impact of cancer on ALL people in South Carolina.

The vision of the SCCA is to make South Carolina a national leader in Cancer Control by:

Do you manage or work in a long-term care or rehabilitation facility, military base, dorm, a camp, prison or jail? Germs can spread more easily in residential settings. During South Carolina's flu season, we ask that you make a special effort to do all you can to slow the spread of flu and protect your residents and staff.

Each year, flu is a serious threat for people living in residential facilities. Seasonal flu typically kills about 36,000 Americans and hospitalizes 200,000 each year. Flu can cause mild to severe respiratory illness and other symptoms.

Introduction

South Carolina State Law, Section 44-37-50 requires the South Carolina Department of Public Health or DPH (formerly DHEC) to approve the video to be utilized by a hospital for providing education on Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) to parents of newborns. If a hospital requests that DPH reviews a video, the steps below will be taken.

Background Information

South Carolina Code of Laws, Section 44-37-50 requires hospitals and Department of Social Services (DSS) adoption services to provide education to parents and caregivers of newborns about the dangers of shaking a baby and the importance of parents and caregivers learning infant CPR. The statute requires the Department of Public Health (DPH) to approve all videos to be used and to establish an educational protocol.

CYSHCN Outreach Materials

• Camp Burnt Gin English Brochure (pdf)
• Camp Burnt Gin Spanish Brochure (pdf)
• CYSHCN Flyer (pdf)
• CYSHCN Brochure (pdf)

Reimbursement Rates, Authorized Equipment & Supplies, and Fee Schedules

eCR Overview

Electronic case reporting (eCR) is the automated generation and secure transmission of case reports from health care organizations’ electronic health records (EHR) systems to public health agencies. eCR captures and reports required information digitally and will greatly reduce the burden of manual reporting.

Each year, the Healthcare/Hospital Preparedness Program sponsors a summit to advance preparedness, communication, and collaboration among community health care organizations, response partners and public health entities.