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Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup Feburary Report
The Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup held its February call on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 1 PM Eastern Time....
Mar 09, 2015 | Frances Bevington
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Workgroup February Update
The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) workgroup convened via conference call on February 23, 2015. For the past two months, the workgroup...
Mar 09, 2015 | Tahlia Gousse
Coordinated Response to Flooding and the Mudslide in Washington State: An Interview...
This is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Therese...
Mar 04, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon
White House Report Identifies Climate Change as Major National Security Threat
The White House National Security Strategy for 2015, released in mid-February, identifies climate change as a significant risk to...
Mar 03, 2015 | Katie Regan
To Build Health Security, Boost Community Health
You may not think about it, but there are things you do every day for your community that enhance our nation’s health security. Every...
Feb 27, 2015 | Guest Author
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – February Report
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on February 24, 2015. During the call,...
Feb 27, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon
Fighting the Measles Resurgence in the United States
The United States has recently seen a resurgence in measles disease. This is due in part to misinformation about the safety of...
Feb 25, 2015 | Guest Author
CDC, Federal Partners Develop Improved Method for Attributing Foodborne Illness
A new report by the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC)—a partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and...
Feb 24, 2015 | Katie Regan
Surge Management Workgroup January Report
The Surge Management Workgroup held its January call on the 26th. After introductions, members held a discussion related to the topics...
Feb 24, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.
Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup Feburary ReportThe Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup held its February call on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 1 PM Eastern Time. Nine workgroup members participated in the call. The group discussed recommendations from a NACCHO Policy Scholar regarding risk communication capacity at local health departments to include in a policy statement about the importance of having dedicated […] Mar 09, 2015 | Frances Bevington |
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Workgroup February UpdateThe Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) workgroup convened via conference call on February 23, 2015. For the past two months, the workgroup has been working diligently to shape the MRC mentorship program. Descriptions and applications for both mentors and mentees have been drafted, and the workgroup is currently working with NACCHO to identify selection criteria and […] Mar 09, 2015 | Tahlia Gousse |
Coordinated Response to Flooding and the Mudslide in Washington State: An Interview with Therese QuinnThis is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Therese Quinn, Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator, Snohomish Health District, previews her session, “Coordinated Response to Washington State Route 530 Flooding and Slide in Washington State.” At this session, Therese will be joined by John […] Mar 04, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon |
White House Report Identifies Climate Change as Major National Security ThreatThe White House National Security Strategy for 2015, released in mid-February, identifies climate change as a significant risk to Americans both at home and abroad. Climate change is listed alongside threats such as terrorism and a nuclear Iran. “Climate change is an urgent and growing threat to our national security, contributing to increased natural disasters, […] Mar 03, 2015 | Katie Regan |
To Build Health Security, Boost Community HealthYou may not think about it, but there are things you do every day for your community that enhance our nation’s health security. Every time you run a vaccination clinic or spearhead a disease prevention campaign, you improve health security. Every time you track a disease outbreak or connect people with personal health services, like preventive or health promotion services, you give health... Feb 27, 2015 | Guest Author |
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup – February ReportThe Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) workgroup held its monthly call on February 24, 2015. During the call, presenters from Ohio and California discussed how their local health department responded to a measles outbreak. Julie Miller, Health Commissioner at the Knox County Health Department, provided an overview of how the local health department worked […] Feb 27, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon |
Fighting the Measles Resurgence in the United StatesThe United States has recently seen a resurgence in measles disease. This is due in part to misinformation about the safety of vaccines in general and the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine in particular. The resulting vaccine hesitancy has led to lower immunization rates, with individuals at higher risk of disease and populations at higher risk of outbreaks. Feb 25, 2015 | Guest Author |
CDC, Federal Partners Develop Improved Method for Attributing Foodborne IllnessA new report by the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC)—a partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)—details an improved method for analyzing foodborne illness outbreak data to determine which foods are at fault.... Feb 24, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Surge Management Workgroup January ReportThe Surge Management Workgroup held its January call on the 26th. After introductions, members held a discussion related to the topics that workgroup members are interested in for future conversation. Following this discussion, Carina Elsenboss and Michelle Askenazi provided summaries on the Institute of Medicine Regional Disaster Response Coordination to Support Health Outcomes workshop, which... Feb 24, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr. |
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