During 1988, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of Population Affairs funded a chlamydia demonstration project in federal Region X. Since that time, the project has been expanded into other federal regions. All of the demonstration projects are funded through the Regional Infertility Prevention Projects legislation, which aims to reduce the costly and destructive sequelae of chlamydia and other sexually transmitted diseases on the reproductive health of women.

The Region IV Chlamydia Project focuses on the prevention of chlamydial infection through the collaborative efforts of health care providers, especially health department sexually transmitted disease and family planning programs and state laboratories in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

The project is governed by an advisory board, which is comprised of the State STD Director, State Family Planning Director, and State Lab Director from each of the eight states of Region IV. The Advisory Board has an Executive Committee to facilitate action and communication. The Board receives technical assistance from the Regional Training Center (RTC) for Family Planning, Emory University School of Medicine. The RTC is also responsible for the arrangement and scheduling of meetings of the Advisory Board.

The overall goal of the Region IV Chlamydia Project is to assess and reduce the prevalence of chlamydia infection and associated complications in Region IV through education, screening, and treatment. This will be accomplished by criteria development for testing and treatment; development of a data collection and analysis system; development of laboratory systems and investigation of bulk purchasing of tests and medications; and the development of an evaluation plan.




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