The NASTAD Drug User Health Team, in partnership with AIDS United, NACCHO, NCSD, and the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, has an upcoming webinar series exploring syphilis among communities of people who use drugs. Though preventable, detectable through screening, and treatable, cases of syphilis and congenital syphilis continue to rise across the U.S., with higher prevalence among marginalized people who use drugs. It is critical to address syphilis among people who use drugs to both support their wellness holistically and reverse the trajectory of this STI’s impact nationwide.

This webinar series consists of five monthly sessions where those working on STIs – specifically syphilis – and those working in harm reduction and drug user health will be brought together to learn from each other, share promising practices, and highlight effective cross-sector partnerships.

To join the webinars please register for them here:

1. “If You’re Not Seeing It Yet, You Will: Collaborating to Address Syphilis Among People Who Use Drugs” – Tuesday, March 28, from 3-4:30pm ET
2. “You Can’t Screen Patients Who Won’t Come in”: Taking a Harm Reduction and Whole Person Approach to Care for Pregnant People Who Use Drugs and Promising Practices – Tuesday, April 25, from 3-4:30pm ET
3. Still Trep-in’: Ongoing Responses to Syphilis in Indian Country – Tuesday, May 30, from 3-4:30pm ET
4. State Health Department Innovations at the Intersection of Syphilis & Drug User Health – Tuesday, June 27, from 3-4:30pm ET
5. “Solo Makes You Go Slow”: Local Partnerships Addressing Syphilis Among People Who Use Drugs – Tuesday, July 25, from 3-4:30pm ET

Questions? Contact NASTAD’s Drug User Health team.