William Smith

Name: William Smith

Organization / Company: National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD)

William Smith is Executive Director of the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) and previously Vice President for Public Policy at the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS).

William's articles

How We Can Beat Cervical Cancer

by William Smith, National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD)

January 17, 2012 - 10:49pm (Print)

In 2007, 12,280 women in the United States were told they had cervical cancer, and 4,021 died from the disease. Here’s the thing: cervical cancer is almost completely preventable. This means that, given consistent and correct care, you will likely never be one of those 4,000 women who die of this preventable and treatable disease.

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MSM, STDs and HIV: What Are We Missing?

by William Smith, National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD)

April 27, 2011 - 11:18am (Print)

Across the United States and worldwide, MSM continue to be a group disproportionately affected by STDs and HIV, but we still need better data and better tools to guide prevention efforts.

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William's comments

Comment I received about increased communicability on MSM, STDs and HIV: What Are We Missing?

41 weeks 1 day ago

Thank you and follow up on Another Advance for HIV Prevention: STD Testing

1 year 9 weeks ago

Thanks and a few additional items... on (UPDATE) U.S., Int'l Org'n Apologize for Intentional Infection of Guatemalans in the Forties

1 year 18 weeks ago

Shame, Stigma, and Greed on What I Didn’t Know About Sexual Health: Reflections From a New Perch

1 year 42 weeks ago

Thanks for drawing attention to this issue on Minnesota Faces Crisis of Sexually Transmitted Infections

1 year 49 weeks ago

SIECUS Statement on NYT Article and Support for Int'l Guidelines on USA Squeamish About UN Guidelines

2 years 22 weeks ago