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Medical Needs Assessment of Colorado Muslim Society Community
By Dr. Mohamed Hamdy, Unit Coordinator, Colorado Muslim Society Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) With NACCHO’s support, the Colorado...
Apr 25, 2014 | Guest Author
Medical Reserve Corps Workgroup- March Update and Preparedness Summit Activities
What a busy time for the MRC Workgroup this past month! This month, the workgroup was able to hold its first in-person meeting at the...
Apr 21, 2014 | Tahlia Gousse
2014 Preparedness, Emergency Response, and Recovery Consortium
Several NACCHO staff attended the 2014 Preparedness, Emergency Response, and Recovery Consortium (PERRC) April 14-16 in Orlando, FL....
Apr 21, 2014 | Admin
Boston Public Health Commission’s Atyia Martin Discusses Response to the Boston...
By Ian Goldstein, Web and New Media Specialist, NACCHO The following is an excerpt from a recent podcast interview with Atyia Martin,...
Apr 18, 2014 | NacchoVoice
Medical Reserve Corps Project March Report
In March, NACCHO Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) project staff prepared for several in-person meetings at the 2014 Preparedness Summit,...
Apr 18, 2014 | Admin
One Year Later: Recovery after the Boston Marathon Bombings
Below is an excerpt from a podcast featuring Atyia Martin, MPS, EMT-B, Director of the Boston Public Health Commission’s Office of...
Apr 15, 2014 | Guest Author
MRC Challenge Awardees Gather at the Preparedness Summit
The MRC Challenge Award supports MRC units to develop new projects and programs that can be replicated on a national level. The 29 MRC...
Apr 11, 2014 | Stacy Stanford
The Washington State Oso Mudslide: Response, Rescue, and Recovery
On Sat. March 22, a massive mudslide buried a rural town in Snohomish County, WA, just 50 miles north of Seattle, which has engaged...
Mar 31, 2014 | Sara Rubin
Pharmacists Bolster Local Health Department Efforts through the Medical Reserve Corps
In this new issue brief from NACCHO, explore how LHDs can leverage the unique skill set and expertise of MRC pharmacist volunteers to...
Mar 28, 2014 | Admin
Medical Needs Assessment of Colorado Muslim Society CommunityBy Dr. Mohamed Hamdy, Unit Coordinator, Colorado Muslim Society Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) With NACCHO’s support, the Colorado Muslim Society MRC was able to conduct a comprehensive survey to identify health disparities within their community. The research has uncovered demographics about the community that can be used to address medical and emergency preparedness needs within the... Apr 25, 2014 | Guest Author |
Medical Reserve Corps Workgroup- March Update and Preparedness Summit ActivitiesWhat a busy time for the MRC Workgroup this past month! This month, the workgroup was able to hold its first in-person meeting at the 2014 Preparedness Summit. Almost all of the workgroup members were able to attend, and were finally able to put faces to the voices they’d been hearing for so long. The […] Apr 21, 2014 | Tahlia Gousse |
2014 Preparedness, Emergency Response, and Recovery ConsortiumSeveral NACCHO staff attended the 2014 Preparedness, Emergency Response, and Recovery Consortium (PERRC) April 14-16 in Orlando, FL. The conference examined lessons learned from recent disasters, including the May 2013 Oklahoma tornadoes, the September 2013 Colorado floods, and the March 2014 Oso mudslide. NACCHO staff met with a number of local health department staff and […] Apr 21, 2014 | Admin |
Boston Public Health Commission’s Atyia Martin Discusses Response to the Boston Marathon BombingsBy Ian Goldstein, Web and New Media Specialist, NACCHO The following is an excerpt from a recent podcast interview with Atyia Martin, Director for the Office of Public Health Preparedness at the Boston Public Health Commission. On the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, Martin reflects on how her agency responded to the tragedy. […] Apr 18, 2014 | NacchoVoice |
Medical Reserve Corps Project March ReportIn March, NACCHO Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) project staff prepared for several in-person meetings at the 2014 Preparedness Summit, including a demonstration of the new MRC web- and mobile-based application, the MRC workgroup meeting, and a workshop with winners of NACCHO’s MRC Challenge Awards. Staff also worked on the meeting logistics for the second NACCHO […] Apr 18, 2014 | Admin |
One Year Later: Recovery after the Boston Marathon BombingsBelow is an excerpt from a podcast featuring Atyia Martin, MPS, EMT-B, Director of the Boston Public Health Commission’s Office of Public Health Preparedness, recorded during the 2014 Preparedness Summit, April 1-4 in Atlanta. In this podcast, Ian Goldstein, MA, Web & Digital Media Specialist for NACCHO, interviews Ms. Martin about the role of the […] Apr 15, 2014 | Guest Author |
MRC Challenge Awardees Gather at the Preparedness SummitThe MRC Challenge Award supports MRC units to develop new projects and programs that can be replicated on a national level. The 29 MRC units that received this award had the opportunity to participate in a workshop held at the Preparedness Summit last week. This workshop kicked off by CAPT Tosatto and facilitated by NACCHO […] Apr 11, 2014 | Stacy Stanford |
The Washington State Oso Mudslide: Response, Rescue, and RecoveryOn Sat. March 22, a massive mudslide buried a rural town in Snohomish County, WA, just 50 miles north of Seattle, which has engaged the local community in an extensive response effort. This devastating event, one of the worst mudslides in U.S. history, piled approximately 15 million cubic yards of mud, clay, and wood across the Stillaguamish River, state Highway 530, and into a community of... Mar 31, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
Pharmacists Bolster Local Health Department Efforts through the Medical Reserve CorpsIn this new issue brief from NACCHO, explore how LHDs can leverage the unique skill set and expertise of MRC pharmacist volunteers to help further their local missions. MRC pharmacist volunteers’ contributions to local public health were documented as early as the response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Since then, pharmacists have helped their local MRC units and […] Mar 28, 2014 | Admin |
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