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Seeking State and Local MCM Planners: CDC Invitation-Only Workshop
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with federal partners across the Public Health Emergency Medical...
Mar 17, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Behind the Scenes: Development of New Medical Countermeasure Resource
In late January, the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Division of State and Local Readiness convened over 60 medical...
Mar 06, 2017 | Raymond Puerini
2016 PHEMCE Strategy and Implementation Plan Released
Every year, the Office of the Assistance Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) updates the Public Health Emergency Medical...
Jan 19, 2017 | Raymond Puerini
Online Training: RealOpt© for Point of Dispensing
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR) training team is offering three...
Jan 03, 2017 | Raymond Puerini
Call for Presenters: 2017 CDC Second Wednesday Webinar Series
The CDC Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR) is currently seeking local and state health department staff to serve as 2017...
Jan 03, 2017 | Raymond Puerini
November 2016 Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) Report
The Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its four call of the year on November 9, 2016. The meeting’s central presentation...
Dec 13, 2016 | Porschea Lewis
UPMC Releases Casebook for Ensuring MCM Stewardship in an Emergency
In November 2016, the UPMC Center for Health Security released a new communication casebook, entitled How to Steward Medical...
Dec 13, 2016 | Raymond Puerini
HHS Purchases Additional Medical Countermeasures for Radiological Threats
Earlier this month the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and...
Oct 24, 2016 | Raymond Puerini
Announcing the 2016-2017 National Health Security Awards Program
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and...
Oct 21, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Seeking State and Local MCM Planners: CDC Invitation-Only WorkshopThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with federal partners across the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) to assess the various medical countermeasure (MCM) response plans and guidance currently in development by the federal government to support public health emergency efforts. As a critical part of this effort, CDC is […] Mar 17, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Behind the Scenes: Development of New Medical Countermeasure ResourceIn late January, the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Division of State and Local Readiness convened over 60 medical countermeasure (MCM) experts across the local, state, and federal levels to gather feedback about a new MCM Operational Resource Guide. Meeting attendees included public health and emergency management agency staff, pharmaceutical industry partners, tribal […] Mar 06, 2017 | Raymond Puerini |
2016 PHEMCE Strategy and Implementation Plan ReleasedEvery year, the Office of the Assistance Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) updates the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasure Enterprise (PHEMCE) Strategy and Implementation Plan (SIP) to ensure optimal allocation of resources to address high-priority threats. The 2016 PHEMCE SIP provides a blueprint for PHEMCE to enhance national health security through the development,... Jan 19, 2017 | Raymond Puerini |
Online Training: RealOpt© for Point of DispensingThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR) training team is offering three sessions of an online training course (available in January, February, or March) on the RealOpt computer modeling system. The RealOpt system can help medical countermeasure (MCM) planners design points-of-dispensing (POD) sites and treatment clinics. By attending this... Jan 03, 2017 | Raymond Puerini |
Call for Presenters: 2017 CDC Second Wednesday Webinar SeriesThe CDC Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR) is currently seeking local and state health department staff to serve as 2017 presenters for the CDC Second Wednesday Webinar Series. Ideal presentations will provide a 15-20 minute overview of a health department’s promising practice, lessons learned from recent exercises, and/or effective strategies focusing on one of the […] Jan 03, 2017 | Raymond Puerini |
November 2016 Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) ReportThe Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its four call of the year on November 9, 2016. The meeting’s central presentation featured, Christine Kosmos and Todd Talbert, representing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR). They began with an informational update on the Public Health Emergency Preparedness […] Dec 13, 2016 | Porschea Lewis |
UPMC Releases Casebook for Ensuring MCM Stewardship in an EmergencyIn November 2016, the UPMC Center for Health Security released a new communication casebook, entitled How to Steward Medical Countermeasures and Public Trust in an Emergency: A Communication Casebook for FDA and Its Public Health Partners. The purpose of this resource is to assist the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other public health officials in ensuring […] Dec 13, 2016 | Raymond Puerini |
HHS Purchases Additional Medical Countermeasures for Radiological ThreatsEarlier this month the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced the purchase of two additional medical countermeasures (MCMs) to treat bone marrow injuries of radiological incident victims. These products are Neulasta and Leukine; both colony stimulating factors which can be used to help […] Oct 24, 2016 | Raymond Puerini |
Announcing the 2016-2017 National Health Security Awards ProgramThe National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) are pleased to announce the second annual National Health Security Awards Program. This national honor recognizes local health departments (LHDs) that have demonstrated significant accomplishments in implementing health security-related initiatives... Oct 21, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
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