The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and...
Jan 24, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today...
Jan 16, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has released the 2018 Preparedness Profile assessment describing...
Dec 20, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
Registration is now open for the 2019 Preparedness Summit! Save $100 by registering before Feb. 8, 2019. The summit will take place...
Oct 31, 2018
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and is an effort to raise awareness on the continued threats posed by cyberattacks...
Oct 26, 2018
Oct 15, 2018
NACCHO, in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, invites your agency to contribute to the advancement of our...
Oct 12, 2018
The final plenary session “A Troubling Gap: Why Cyber Security Matters to Public Health Emergency Preparedness” wrapped up the 2018...
Jul 23, 2018
A recent wave of cyber “ransomware” attacks known as SamSam has impacted healthcare and governmental organizations throughout the...
Apr 06, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) released the 2019-2022 National Health Security Strategy to provide a vision for strengthening the nation’s ability to prevent, detect, assess, prepare for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from disasters and emergencies. With the 2019 Preparedness...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today released an updated quadrennial strategy to safeguard the nation’s health in times of crisis. The 2019-2022 National Health Security Strategy (NHSS) provides a vision to strengthen the nation’s ability to prevent, detect, assess, prepare for, […]
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has released the 2018 Preparedness Profile assessment describing the landscape of public health emergency preparedness across the United States. The assessment gathers information about preparedness trends and emerging issues at local health departments (LHDs) to provide an evidentiary foundation for future public health...
Registration is now open for the 2019 Preparedness Summit! Save $100 by registering before Feb. 8, 2019. The summit will take place March 26-29 at America’s Center Convention Complex (St. Louis Convention Center) in St. Louis, Mo. This year’s theme is “Preparedness Summit 2019: The Evolving Threat Environment.” Participating in the 2019 Preparedness Summit is an […]
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and is an effort to raise awareness on the continued threats posed by cyberattacks and the activities that are being pursued to protect against future cyberattacks. The Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Kirstjen M. Nielsen, recently spoke about DHS’ efforts to protect against threats […]
Registration is now open for the 2019 Preparedness Summit! Save $100 by registering before Feb. 8, 2019. The summit will take place March 26-29 at America’s Center Convention Complex (St. Louis Convention Center) in St. Louis, Mo. This year’s theme is “Preparedness Summit 2019: The Evolving Threat Environment.” Over the last decade, the nature of […]
NACCHO, in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, invites your agency to contribute to the advancement of our national health security by submitting an abstract for the 2019 Preparedness Summit (March 26-29, 2019 in St. Louis, Mo.). Now more than ever, the public health preparedness community must come together to discover new and creative […]
The final plenary session “A Troubling Gap: Why Cyber Security Matters to Public Health Emergency Preparedness” wrapped up the 2018 Preparedness Summit at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Ga. with a panel discussion on why cyberattacks is a public health concern. In this interactive session, moderator Stephen Curren, director, Division of Resilience, Office of Emergency […]
A recent wave of cyber “ransomware” attacks known as SamSam has impacted healthcare and governmental organizations throughout the country. The following unclassified summary of SamSam was adapted from a report developed by the Healthcare Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (HCCIC), in coordination with the HHS Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC). In 2018, there have...
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The National Student Response Network (NSRN) is fielding the volunteer needs of hospitals and public health departments and aims to...
May 20, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
ASPR TRACIE has just released COVID-19 Alternate Care Site Resources, a collection of new resources that can help stakeholders address...
Apr 22, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
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