Awardees for Cycle 5 of SSuN

SSuN Cycle 5 Awardees Announced

Dear Colleagues,

I’m pleased to share that CDC has awarded a total of $4.6 million to 15 health departments to support sentinel surveillance in sexual health clinical facilities, as well as enhanced investigations of reported cases of gonorrhea and early syphilis. The program, PS24-0082, also known as Cycle 5 of the Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance Network (SSuN), will expand our commitment to monitoring sexually transmitted infections (STI)-related HIV prevention outcomes and to enhancing STI surveillance capacity.

The following health departments were selected for participation:

• Baltimore City Health Department

• California Department of Public Health

• City of Chicago Department of Public Health

• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

• City of Columbus Public Health, Ohio

• District of Columbia Department of Health, Washington

• State of Florida, Department of Health

• Indiana Department of Health

• Massachusetts Department of Public Health

• Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

• New York City Department of Health

• Philadelphia Department of Public Health

• City & County of San Francisco Department of Public Health

• Tennessee Department of Health

• Washington State Department of Health

SSuN data allow CDC and state and local health departments to better understand the epidemiology of STIs to help inform national and local prevention efforts, including important initiatives designed to reduce HIV co-infection among persons diagnosed with STIs. This cycle of SSuN will continue to strengthen our foundational work in sentinel and enhanced STI surveillance by collecting information on the delivery of sexual health services in STI clinics and by providing enhanced behavioral, demographic, and clinical information on a representative sample of gonorrhea and syphilis cases. We are excited to see how the recipients of Cycle 5 will build on the successes and contributions of previous cycles of program.

Please visit the SSuN webpage to learn more about the program.

Sincerely,

/Bradley Stoner/

Bradley Stoner, MD, PhD
Director, Division of STD Prevention
National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention