Archived Webinars

"The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report on Prepositioning of Antibiotics for Anthrax; Next Steps for Local Public Health" webinar took place on November 7, 2011, from 11 AM to noon, EST.

Meeting Description:

This webinar reviewed the recently-released IOM report, Prepositioning Antibiotics for Anthrax. At the request of the Department of Health and Human Services office of the assistant secretary for preparedness and response, the IOM convened a committee to inform the use of strategies for prepositioning antibiotics for protection against an anthrax attack. Prepositioning involves storing medical countermeasures—such as antibiotics—close to or in the possession of the people who would need rapid access to them should an attack occur. Example prepositioning strategies include local stockpiles, workplace caches, and home antibiotic storage.

This webinar reviews the benefits, costs, and tradeoffs associated with different types of prepositioning strategies; key components of the decision-aiding framework and next steps for local public health officials; and the IOM committee's recommendations.

This NACCHO Preparedness Prep-inar is free to local health jurisdictions and other interested parties.

The webinar is available in two formats:

Audio and video

Audio only

Click here for the slide presentation (PPT)

The CDC's Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response released "Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: National Standards for State and Local Planning" on March 21, 2011. "PHEP 101–Introduction to the Public Health Preparedness Capabilities" is now available, click here.

The CDC's "Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: National Standards for State and Local Planning" provides a guide that state and local jurisdictions can use to better organize their work, plan their priorities, and decide which capabilities they have the resources to build or sustain. The capabilities also help ensure that federal preparedness funds are directed to priority areas within individual jurisdictions.

For more information, visit www.cdc.gov/phpr/capabilities/. More »

This informative hour-long session covers both the federal and local perspective of after action report development, with a highlight on the H1N1 response. This webinar took place on Nov. 8, 2010.

Click here to access the webinar. The file is in MP4 format which is most commonly run by QuickTime or iTunes.

Click here to download QuickTime for free.

Click here to read about the presenters, Patrick Nonnenmacker and Ashley Stoop.

ASTHO hosted a webinar on Supply Chain Management and the DSNS Inventory Management System on Monday, Dec. 20 from 2:30–3:30 PM EST. Click on the link above to view and listen to the recording. The video will only play using the Windows Internet Explorer browser.

Click here to access the recording.

How to play the video: Right click on the webinar image and select "play." You should hear the audio. Next, right click and select "Zoom to Full Screen." For questions or more information, please contact Haroun Habib at hhabib@astho.org.