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Nurse Triage Line (NTL) Project September Report
Staff: Sara Rubin The CDC is in the process of developing an operational plan and communications plan for the NTL Project. NACCHO...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Project...
Staff: Scott Fisher and Jack Herrmann ASPR approved two additional NACCHO reports on administrative preparedness for distribution. The...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
Antiviral Dispensing Project September Report
Staff: Sara Rubin The Antiviral Dispensing Training Meeting set for late October has been postponed until early 2014 (date to be...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
Finney County Health Department Conducts Drive-thru Flu Clinic
Finney County Health Department in Kansas made a fall flu clinic into a preparedness exercise by using a drive-thru point of...
Oct 03, 2013 | Frances Bevington
Connecticut Declares “Public Health Ready Day” in Honor of Earning Statewide PPHR...
The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) announced that each of Connecticut’s five Emergency Planning and Preparedness...
Sep 18, 2013 | Frances Bevington
Engaging Children in Preparedness
Looking for ways to encourage children to think about preparedness? CDC’s family preparedness project called Ready Wrigley features...
Sep 16, 2013 | Frances Bevington
New Criteria and Process Guide Available from Project Public Health Ready
NACCHO’s Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) is pleased to announce the release of Version 7 of the PPHR criteria and Version 2 of the...
Sep 16, 2013 | Admin
NACCHO Incident Management Workgroup August Report
Chair: Terence Hayes; Staff: Justin Snair and Rachel Schulman The Incident Management Workgroup held its monthly call on August 26....
Sep 05, 2013 | Frances Bevington
Nurse Triage Line (NTL) Project September ReportStaff: Sara Rubin The CDC is in the process of developing an operational plan and communications plan for the NTL Project. NACCHO staff has been working with the CDC to provide input on both of these documents. NTL Workgroup members discussed submissions for Ignite sessions to the 2014 Preparedness Summit that relate to disaster information lines. Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Project September ReportStaff: Scott Fisher and Jack Herrmann ASPR approved two additional NACCHO reports on administrative preparedness for distribution. The first, Administrative Preparedness and the Public Health Workforce: Suggested Strategies for Health Departments, identifies factors that affect staffing during emergency responses and offers strategies and a review checklist for health departments to consider when... Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
Antiviral Dispensing Project September ReportStaff: Sara Rubin The Antiviral Dispensing Training Meeting set for late October has been postponed until early 2014 (date to be determined). The CDC is still developing an operational plan for this project, and NACCHO will have more updates on this project once that plan is available. Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
Finney County Health Department Conducts Drive-thru Flu ClinicFinney County Health Department in Kansas made a fall flu clinic into a preparedness exercise by using a drive-thru point of dispensing (POD) site as a model for the clinic. The health department along with Finney County Emergency Management and Finney County EMS organized the clinic to exercise part of the county’s pandemic preparedness plan. Read […] Oct 03, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
Connecticut Declares “Public Health Ready Day” in Honor of Earning Statewide PPHR RecognitionThe Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) announced that each of Connecticut’s five Emergency Planning and Preparedness Regions have been recognized by NACCHO’s Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) for their ability to respond to public health emergencies. Connecticut is now the fourth state in the nation to achieve statewide recognition. In honor of the recognition, […] Sep 18, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
Engaging Children in PreparednessLooking for ways to encourage children to think about preparedness? CDC’s family preparedness project called Ready Wrigley features activity books for ages 2-6 that follow a preparedness puppy as she tries to get her family ready for various events. The first two issues cover hurricane and earthquake preparedness. CDC plans to release Ready Wrigley app […] Sep 16, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
New Criteria and Process Guide Available from Project Public Health ReadyNACCHO’s Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) is pleased to announce the release of Version 7 of the PPHR criteria and Version 2 of the PPHR re-recognition criteria. These new versions have been updated to align with the most current standards and federal guidelines, including CDC’s public health preparedness capabilities. PPHR has also released a new process […] Sep 16, 2013 | Admin |
NACCHO Incident Management Workgroup August ReportChair: Terence Hayes; Staff: Justin Snair and Rachel Schulman The Incident Management Workgroup held its monthly call on August 26. Members provided feedback on two resources that were under development with the former Public Health Emergency Management Workgroup, which will now be taken on by this workgroup. Members also discussed and finalized the group’s workplan […] Sep 05, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
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