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During 1988, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of Population
Affairs funded a chlamydia reduction 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 Infertility Prevention 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), 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 Infertility Prevention 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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