The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.
Behavioral health is an essential part of community resilience and recovery from traumatic events, after which individuals and first...
May 21, 2018
The 2018 Preparedness Summit took place last month at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Ga. As the first and longest running national...
May 16, 2018
On May 10, the Dr. Robert Kadlec, the current U.S. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, authored an article on the...
May 11, 2018 | Raymond Puerini
On May 4, 2018, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) submitted a letter to members of the Senate...
May 10, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
On May 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the agency’s first Rural Health Strategy intended to provide...
May 09, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
By Kimberly Sewell, NACCHO Environmental Health intern In 2016, approximately 6,000 cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in...
May 09, 2018
A recording of the CDC Division of Strategic National Stockpile’s (DSNS) webinar “Regulatory Considerations for the Use of Strategic...
May 08, 2018 | Raymond Puerini
The 2018 Preparedness Summit is just days away! The summit will take place April 17-20 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Ga. This year...
May 07, 2018
CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR) released its 10th annual Public Health Preparedness and Response...
Behavioral health is an essential part of community resilience and recovery from traumatic events, after which individuals and first responders may experience a range of emotional, behavioral, physical, and cognitive responses. Individuals who had a mental illness (whether diagnosed or not) prior to the event may experience re-triggering or increased severity of symptoms, which could […]
The 2018 Preparedness Summit took place last month at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Ga. As the first and longest running national conference on public health preparedness, it drew a wide variety of professionals and experts with a stake in the field—local and state public health department staff; federal agency staff including the U.S. Department […]
On May 10, the Dr. Robert Kadlec, the current U.S. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, authored an article on the American Medical Association website on the need for a disaster health response system. Of note, Dr. Kadlec is advocating for a shift from the current health care coalition model to a regional disaster health […]
On May 4, 2018, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) submitted a letter to members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on a discussion draft of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (PAHPAI). Among many other recommendations outlined in the letter, NACCHO requests an increased […]
On May 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the agency’s first Rural Health Strategy intended to provide a proactive approach on healthcare issues to ensure that the nearly one in five individuals who live in rural America have access to high quality, affordable healthcare. The agency-wide Rural Health Strategy, built on […]
By Kimberly Sewell, NACCHO Environmental Health intern In 2016, approximately 6,000 cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in the United States. The number of reported cases of Legionnaires ’ disease has grown nearly five times since 2000; however, it is unclear if this is due to the increase in the frequency of the disease, or […]
A recording of the CDC Division of Strategic National Stockpile’s (DSNS) webinar “Regulatory Considerations for the Use of Strategic National Stockpile Medicines and Supplies” is now available on CDC TRAIN. This webinar originally was conducted on March 20 and focuses on threat-specific medical countermeasures and their anticipated regulatory mechanisms. All Public Health Emergency Preparedness...
The 2018 Preparedness Summit is just days away! The summit will take place April 17-20 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Ga. This year at the summit, there will be a wide range of sessions and workshops available, including sessions on radiation preparedness. The summit will feature a radiation Track, consisting of three sessions and […]
CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR) released its 10th annual Public Health Preparedness and Response National Snapshot. The report highlights preparedness activities and investments at the federal, state, and local levels and features stories that demonstrate the impact of these activities.
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