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Antibiotic Resistance Threats to the United States, 2013
Date: Sept. 17, 2013 Staff Representative: Eli Briggs, Kim Grimmick, Lilly Kan Member Representative: N/A Highlights: The Centers for...
Oct 09, 2013 | Admin
NACCHO Staff Mark National Preparedness Month 2013
To mark National Preparedness Month 2013, members of NACCHO’s staff organized and participated in two activities to enhance their...
Oct 01, 2013 | Admin
Real Stories of Emergency Preparedness in Children and Youth with Special Health...
This year the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response,...
Sep 19, 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
CDC Looks at Preparedness from a Historical Perspective
During National Preparedness Month, CDC’s Public Health Matters blog will be covering the history of preparedness and how it has...
Sep 12, 2013 | Frances Bevington
Investing in Public Health Preparedness: Moving Beyond Our Reactionary Funding Cycle
Twelve years ago today, the United States experienced the worst terrorist attack on our soil, which since has shaped the ebb and flow...
Sep 11, 2013 | Jack Herrmann
MERS CoV NHPP Guidance Documents from ASPR
The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to...
Sep 10, 2013 | Frances Bevington
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) August Report
Chair: Chris Hoff; Staff: Samantha Morgan and Naomi Rennard PPAG held its monthly call on Aug. 7. The group received a briefing on the...
Sep 05, 2013 | Frances Bevington
NACCHO Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement Workgroup August Report
Chairs: Steve Huleatt & Steve Englender; Staff: Resham Patel and Naomi Rennard The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and...
Sep 05, 2013 | Frances Bevington
Antibiotic Resistance Threats to the United States, 2013Date: Sept. 17, 2013 Staff Representative: Eli Briggs, Kim Grimmick, Lilly Kan Member Representative: N/A Highlights: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and The Pew Charitable Trusts provided a briefing on a new report from CDC entitled “Antibiotic Resistance Threats to the United States, 2013.” This briefing provided a snapshot... Oct 09, 2013 | Admin |
NACCHO Staff Mark National Preparedness Month 2013To mark National Preparedness Month 2013, members of NACCHO’s staff organized and participated in two activities to enhance their understanding of preparedness. Staff conducted the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) zombie preparedness simulation and a screening and discussion of the plausibility of the response in the film, Contagion. Oct 01, 2013 | Admin |
Real Stories of Emergency Preparedness in Children and Youth with Special Health Care NeedsThis year the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Family Voices have partnered to recognize the unique experiences of families and health providers during emergency situations. This partnership has resulted in a collection of family stories that highlight emergency preparedness in... Sep 19, 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 |
CDC Looks at Preparedness from a Historical PerspectiveDuring National Preparedness Month, CDC’s Public Health Matters blog will be covering the history of preparedness and how it has shaped the agency’s response to disasters. Topics will include 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina and how those events led to adoption of CDC’s IMS structure and state-of-the-art Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Topics will also include major […] Sep 12, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
Investing in Public Health Preparedness: Moving Beyond Our Reactionary Funding CycleTwelve years ago today, the United States experienced the worst terrorist attack on our soil, which since has shaped the ebb and flow of public health preparedness policy and funding. Catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the H1N1 influenza outbreak led to an infusion of federal funding to state and local governments that soon dried up after each response ended. Sep 11, 2013 | Jack Herrmann |
MERS CoV NHPP Guidance Documents from ASPRThe Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop guidance documents about Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) for ASPR National Healthcare Preparedness Programs’ (NHPP) awardees: Download the Guidance Document Download the Cover Letter from ASPR Sep 10, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) August ReportChair: Chris Hoff; Staff: Samantha Morgan and Naomi Rennard PPAG held its monthly call on Aug. 7. The group received a briefing on the Anthrax Preparedness and Protection Pilot Program from Aaron Firoved, DHS, and Jim Hayslett, CDC. The current goal of the pilot is to provide responders with a comprehensive program for education, vaccine […] Sep 05, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
NACCHO Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement Workgroup August ReportChairs: Steve Huleatt & Steve Englender; Staff: Resham Patel and Naomi Rennard The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement Workgroup held its monthly call on Aug. 27. Dale Rose from CDC gave an overview on the PHEP Performance Measures Evaluation. He provided a general overview of the evaluation and explained which performance measures were identified to […] Sep 05, 2013 | Frances Bevington |
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