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CSTE South & East Regional NSSP Data Sharing Workshop in Atlanta, GA (April 2019)

• Conducted four regional Drug Overdose Surveillance Workshops and Maria in USVI that informed the development of evidence-
focused on team training and peer learning in Atlanta, Oklahoma based recommendations to prepare for future hurricanes and
City, Baltimore, and Portland. environmental disasters.
• Launched an online course, “Creating an Action Plan for Opioid • Provided support to seven jurisdictions to further interstate
Surveillance,” for members and the public via CSTE Learn, a new partnerships in zoonotic disease surveillance between human
e-learning platform created for online training. health, animal health, and youth in agriculture organizations at the
• Provided an in-person Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training in state and local level.
the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) for 98 community stakeholders and
USVI Department of Health personnel. Helped launch CDC’s AMD

Building STLT Capacity Academy for Epidemiologists
• Hosted four regional National Syndromic Surveillance Program
(NSSP) Data Sharing Workshops to strengthen public health • Continued funding for three health departments and awarded
agency capacity for syndromic surveillance and enhance situational new funding to one health department to participate in laboratory-
awareness using real-time electronic health data from emergency confirmed, population-based, all-ages, influenza hospitalization
department settings through interjurisdictional data sharing and surveillance for the 2018–19 and 2019–20 influenza seasons.
surveillance practice collaborations. Funded 17 state and local jurisdictions to participate in optional
• Funded two pilot projects to assess the impact of climate on activities to address specific gaps in national influenza surveillance.
respiratory health outcomes in San Mateo County, CA and • Hosted a four-part interactive learning series, in partnership with
Washington. HealthHIV, on identifying and sharing STLT best practices for
• Assessed behavioral and mental health impacts of Hurricanes Irma integrating HIV surveillance and prevention programs.

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