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Radiation Legal Preparedness Project Update and Webinar
On September 18, 2013, Andrew Roszak presented a webinar for the National Alliance on Radiation Readiness (NARR) to provide an...
Nov 27, 2013 | Andy Roszak
NACCHO Staff Present Keynote Session at Southeast Michigan Cities Readiness...
NACCHO staff Andrew Roszak and Sarah Yates were invited to speak at the second annual Southeast Michigan Cities Readiness Initiative...
Nov 21, 2013 | Andy Roszak
New Legal Precedent for Inclusive Planning, Preparedness, and Response
Late last week, the United States District Court, Southern District of New York handed down a ruling on the Brooklyn Center for...
Nov 12, 2013 | Andy Roszak
Public Health Law October Report
Staff: Andy Roszak The NACCHO Public Health Law Workgroup has been discussing legal issues related to family reunification. During a...
Nov 11, 2013 | Andy Roszak
University of Pittsburgh MIDAS Conference
Date: Oct. 7—8, 2013 Staff Representative: Andy Roszak Member Representative: Pat Sweeney Highlights: The National Institute of...
Nov 11, 2013 | Andy Roszak
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Partnering With Schools
On any given day, educational institutions house more 20 percent of the United States population. This equates to more than 60 million...
Oct 16, 2013 | Andy Roszak
NACCHO Releases Legal Preparedness Toolkit
NACCHO, with guidance and funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Law Program (PHLP), has developed...
Oct 16, 2013 | Andy Roszak
NACCHO Staff Report: International Municipal Lawyers Association Annual Conference
Local governmental attorneys convened at the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA) Annual Conference in San Francisco,...
Oct 16, 2013 | Andy Roszak
Nationwide Response Issues After an Improvised Nuclear Device Attack Workshop...
On January 23-24, 2013, in partnership with NACCHO, the IOM Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events...
Oct 16, 2013 | Andy Roszak
Radiation Legal Preparedness Project Update and WebinarOn September 18, 2013, Andrew Roszak presented a webinar for the National Alliance on Radiation Readiness (NARR) to provide an overview of the Radiation Legal Preparedness (RLP) project, the relevant findings from the project to date, and the important legal considerations that underpin a radiological response. Watch the archived webinar on YouTube. In 2012, the […] Nov 27, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
NACCHO Staff Present Keynote Session at Southeast Michigan Cities Readiness Initiative & Strategic National Stockpile WorkshopNACCHO staff Andrew Roszak and Sarah Yates were invited to speak at the second annual Southeast Michigan Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) & Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Workshop on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. The full-day workshop provided Michigan public health emergency planners with information and tools related to all-hazards planning, legal considerations, international border... Nov 21, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
New Legal Precedent for Inclusive Planning, Preparedness, and ResponseLate last week, the United States District Court, Southern District of New York handed down a ruling on the Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled v. The City of New York, a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of all persons with disabilities. The suit charged that the New York City Emergency Preparedness Program failed […] Nov 12, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
Public Health Law October ReportStaff: Andy Roszak The NACCHO Public Health Law Workgroup has been discussing legal issues related to family reunification. During a recent call, the Workgroup was joined by Valerie Cole from the American Red Cross, an expert at family reunification. In addition to the workgroup meeting, NACCHO has also released Public Health and the Law: An […] Nov 11, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
University of Pittsburgh MIDAS ConferenceDate: Oct. 7—8, 2013 Staff Representative: Andy Roszak Member Representative: Pat Sweeney Highlights: The National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health created an initiative called Modeling of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) in 2004. After ten years of successful computational modeling on preparedness issues, MIDAS turned its attention to examining... Nov 11, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Partnering With SchoolsOn any given day, educational institutions house more 20 percent of the United States population. This equates to more than 60 million students, facility, and staff. According to the U.S Secretary of Education, “Pandemic influenza could have a profound effect on our nation’s school systems. Children would be expected to have high rates of infection and are more likely […] Oct 16, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
NACCHO Releases Legal Preparedness ToolkitNACCHO, with guidance and funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Law Program (PHLP), has developed “Public Health and the Law: An Emergency Preparedness Training Kit” to enhance understanding among local public health professionals and their legal counsel of the legal authorities and issues that shape their ability to prepare for, respond […] Oct 16, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
NACCHO Staff Report: International Municipal Lawyers Association Annual ConferenceLocal governmental attorneys convened at the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA) Annual Conference in San Francisco, California. This year's conference included sessions focusing on several public health issues, such as, land use law, developments in the public safety wireless spectrum, the FCC's proceedings on radio-frequency radiation health risks, environmental contamination... Oct 16, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
Nationwide Response Issues After an Improvised Nuclear Device Attack Workshop ResourcesOn January 23-24, 2013, in partnership with NACCHO, the IOM Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events hosted a workshop that focused on key response requirements faced by local and regional public health and health care systems in response to an improvised nuclear device (IND) detonation. Topics discussed at the workshop included […] Oct 16, 2013 | Andy Roszak |
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