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Resource Mobilization and Utilization in an Emergency: Pinal County Public Health...
Increasing infectious disease threats mean health departments face increasing resource constraints. To see how local health...
Jan 07, 2015 | Guest Author
CDC Offers Preparedness Training for Local Health Departments
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS) has announced its SNS...
Dec 11, 2014 | Raymond Puerini
PREP Act Issued for Experimental Ebola Vaccines
On December 9, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced a declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency...
Dec 09, 2014 | Raymond Puerini
Medical Countermeasure Toolkit Undergoing Revisions: Seeking Past Authors and New...
The NACCHO Medical Countermeasure (MCM) Toolkit, formerly known as the Stockbox, is currently undergoing review by the NACCHO MCM...
Nov 14, 2014 | Guest Author
Fall Class of Local Public Health Policy & Practice Scholars Announced
NACCHO’s newly developed Local Public Health Policy and Practice Scholars Program attracted close to 70 applicants with diverse...
Oct 08, 2014 | Sara Rubin
New Resources to Assist with Operational Readiness Review Tool Completion
The CDC will conduct a pilot assessment of 62 Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement awardees using the CDC...
Sep 12, 2014 | Raymond Puerini
Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup August Report
On August 11, the MCM Workgroup held its second monthly call of the project year. It was my first day working as a Senior Program...
Aug 27, 2014 | Raymond Puerini
Heat Wave Exercise Identifies Gaps to Improve NYC Emergency Plan
On August 5, New York City (NYC) Office of Emergency Management and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducted a...
Aug 15, 2014 | Raymond Puerini
Using Closed PODs to Protect Critical Infrastructure
Sara Dinga, Public Health Emergency Response Coordinator at the Washoe County Health District (NV), is working to better prepare...
Jul 03, 2014 | Erin Roberts
Resource Mobilization and Utilization in an Emergency: Pinal County Public Health Services DistrictIncreasing infectious disease threats mean health departments face increasing resource constraints. To see how local health departments are managing different pressures, NACCHO Policy Scholar, Pooja Kothari, spoke with Kore Redden, the Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Administrator for Pinal County Public Health Services District (AZ). Redden discusses how Pinal County is... Jan 07, 2015 | Guest Author |
CDC Offers Preparedness Training for Local Health DepartmentsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS) has announced its SNS Preparedness Course and Mass Antibiotic Dispensing Train-the-Trainer (MADT) course schedules for federal fiscal year 2014-2015. The SNS Preparedness course is a 3-day “blended” course using self-paced learning, virtually-led classrooms, and in-person training to provide... Dec 11, 2014 | Raymond Puerini |
PREP Act Issued for Experimental Ebola VaccinesOn December 9, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced a declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act to facilitate the development and availability of three experimental Ebola vaccines. This declaration is intended to assist in the global community’s effort to help combat the current epidemic in West Africa and […] Dec 09, 2014 | Raymond Puerini |
Medical Countermeasure Toolkit Undergoing Revisions: Seeking Past Authors and New SubmissionsThe NACCHO Medical Countermeasure (MCM) Toolkit, formerly known as the Stockbox, is currently undergoing review by the NACCHO MCM Workgroup. Tools which have been submitted as best practice examples are being reviewed for continued relevancy, determination if they still contain novel approaches to MCM operational-based planning and exercises, and overall whether they align with current […] Nov 14, 2014 | Guest Author |
Fall Class of Local Public Health Policy & Practice Scholars AnnouncedNACCHO’s newly developed Local Public Health Policy and Practice Scholars Program attracted close to 70 applicants with diverse academic interests from across the country. With such high interest and demand for local public health experience, NACCHO expanded its program to accommodate more scholars in a wider variety of focus areas than previously stated. This Friday, NACCHO will […] Oct 08, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
New Resources to Assist with Operational Readiness Review Tool CompletionThe CDC will conduct a pilot assessment of 62 Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement awardees using the CDC Medical Countermeasure (MCM) Operational Readiness Review (ORR) tool. This will take place during the BP3 grant year (July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015). Additionally, at least one Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) jurisdiction per Metropolitan Statistical... Sep 12, 2014 | Raymond Puerini |
Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup August ReportOn August 11, the MCM Workgroup held its second monthly call of the project year. It was my first day working as a Senior Program Analyst at NACCHO and I was announced as the new NACCHO staff lead of the workgroup. On the call, representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) described […] Aug 27, 2014 | Raymond Puerini |
Heat Wave Exercise Identifies Gaps to Improve NYC Emergency PlanOn August 5, New York City (NYC) Office of Emergency Management and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducted a tabletop exercise with the Mayor’s office and about 35 additional agencies to evaluate emergency response plans to a scenario of a 10-day heat wave and electricity outage affecting a population of 400,000 people. […] Aug 15, 2014 | Raymond Puerini |
Using Closed PODs to Protect Critical InfrastructureSara Dinga, Public Health Emergency Response Coordinator at the Washoe County Health District (NV), is working to better prepare Washoe County for a pandemic through the use of closed Points of Dispensing (PODs) which target vital services employees. Closed PODs are defined as public and private locations that have agreed to dispense medications, generally during […] Jul 03, 2014 | Erin Roberts |
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