Healthcare and Public Health Sector Government Coordinating Council Meeting

On April 22 and 23, the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and...

Apr 28, 2015 | Katie Dwyer

  • Fred the Preparedness Dog Conducts Interview for NACCHO Podcast Series

    Fred the Preparedness Dog has been all over the 2015 Preparedness Summit, meeting fellow public health professionals, attending...

    Apr 16, 2015 | Katie Regan

  • 2015 Preparedness Summit Begins With Opening Plenary on Emerging Threats

    The 2015 Preparedness Summit began on Tuesday, April 14, with an opening plenary by Mike Walker, Senior Consultant at the Naval...

    Apr 15, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • Local Health Department Considers the 49th Hour through Long-Term Mass Prophylaxis...

    Anthrax response plans, exercises, and assessments over the past decade have focused almost exclusively on the first 48 hours of the...

    Apr 09, 2015 | Raymond Puerini

  • Smallpox Vaccines: CDC Guidance and Preparedness Tabletop Exercise

    By Jennifer Alton, Vice President of Government Affairs, Bavarian Nordic The tragic Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a contemporary...

    Apr 08, 2015 | Guest Author

  • FEMA Seeks Public Feedback on the National Preparedness Goal

    A working draft of the National Preparedness Goal (NPG), second edition is now available for public review and feedback. As part of a...

    Apr 07, 2015 | Rachel Schulman

  • Looking Back to Move Forward: An Interview with Dr. Rahul Gupta

    This is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Dr. Rahul...

    Mar 25, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.

  • 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

  • ASPR Releases New National Health Security Strategy

    The National Health Security Strategy and Implementation Plan (NHSS/IP) 2015-2018 was released on Friday, February 20, 2015 by the...

    Feb 23, 2015 | Frances Bevington

  • Healthcare and Public Health Sector Government Coordinating Council Meeting

    On April 22 and 23, the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response convened the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Government Coordinating Council (GCC). The focus of the meeting was broadening and strengthening partnerships to enhance critical infrastructure security and resilience. GCC members discussed the Emergency...

    Apr 28, 2015 | Katie Dwyer

    Fred the Preparedness Dog Conducts Interview for NACCHO Podcast Series

    Fred the Preparedness Dog has been all over the 2015 Preparedness Summit, meeting fellow public health professionals, attending sessions, and even hosting one of his own. Fred, a 3-year-old German shepherd who works with the Kansas Department of Health and the Environment (KDHE) to teach children about family and pet preparedness, on Wednesday even sat […]

    Apr 16, 2015 | Katie Regan

    2015 Preparedness Summit Begins With Opening Plenary on Emerging Threats

    The 2015 Preparedness Summit began on Tuesday, April 14, with an opening plenary by Mike Walker, Senior Consultant at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security. Walker’s presentation focused on emerging threats that could have an extreme impact on the public health infrastructure of the United States and beyond. Walker noted the […]

    Apr 15, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    Local Health Department Considers the 49th Hour through Long-Term Mass Prophylaxis Planning

    Anthrax response plans, exercises, and assessments over the past decade have focused almost exclusively on the first 48 hours of the public health response following a jurisdiction-wide exposure and provision of an initial 10-day supply of antibiotics from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). But mass dispensing of the subsequent 50-day course of antibiotics and administration […]

    Apr 09, 2015 | Raymond Puerini

    Smallpox Vaccines: CDC Guidance and Preparedness Tabletop Exercise

    By Jennifer Alton, Vice President of Government Affairs, Bavarian Nordic The tragic Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a contemporary reminder that humans are vulnerable to infectious diseases and that preparedness must remain a top priority. But Ebola isn’t the only health threat facing the global community. Other biological airborne threats – including smallpox – […]

    Apr 08, 2015 | Guest Author

    FEMA Seeks Public Feedback on the National Preparedness Goal

    A working draft of the National Preparedness Goal (NPG), second edition is now available for public review and feedback. As part of a National Engagement Period, this draft of the NPG is being widely distributed for review and feedback. The period for public feedback runs from March 27, 2015 until April 16, 2015. Revisions are […]

    Apr 07, 2015 | Rachel Schulman

    Looking Back to Move Forward: An Interview with Dr. Rahul Gupta

    This is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Dr. Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, West Virginia State Health Officer and Commissioner for the West Virginia Bureau of Public Health, previews his workshop, West Virginia Water Crisis – A Look Back: Moving Forward to […]

    Mar 25, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.

    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 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

    ASPR Releases New National Health Security Strategy

    The National Health Security Strategy and Implementation Plan (NHSS/IP) 2015-2018 was released on Friday, February 20, 2015 by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). Hundreds of organizations and agencies participated in crafting the strategy to develop recommended actions that are realistic and achievable. The latest NHSS is streamlined from the first...

    Feb 23, 2015 | Frances Bevington

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