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Conducted the 2021
• Released the Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Informatics Capacity
Assessment report summarizing the state of NCD informatics Epidemiology Capacity
capacity at state and local levels in 2019 and recommendations for
strengthening that capacity. Assessment with a
• Provided public health drug overdose surveillance training to 50
local and territorial health department staff via a four-part virtual 100% response rate
learning series.
• Hosted two virtual Suicide Prevention Train the Trainer sessions for
stakeholders in the United States Virgin Islands.

• Released the Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Emergency
Preparedness Capacity Assessment report.

Building STLT Capacity

• Supported membership capacity building through regular CSTE Steering Committee and Subcommittee meetings.
• Hosted the three-part Syphilis Surveillance Webinar Series, which included topics such as congenital syphilis surveillance case
classification, congenital syphilis medical chart abstraction, and adult syphilis staging.
• Conducted the 2020 HIV Subcommittee Priorities and Needs Assessment to indicate priorities and important issues affecting HIV
surveillance programs.
• Provided support to six jurisdictions to strengthen interstate partnerships in zoonotic disease surveillance between human health,
animal health, and youth in agriculture organizations at the state and local level.
• Continued funding for four health departments to participate in laboratory-confirmed, population-based, all ages, influenza
hospitalization surveillance for the 2020-2021 influenza seasons.
• Supported the NSSP Community of Practice to build national syndromic surveillance capacity and strengthen epidemiologic
adoption of syndromic surveillance as a tool for epidemiologists.
• Helped 25 health departments implement a Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System questionnaire supplement to understand
the impact of COVID-19 on pregnant and recently postpartum people.