In the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the most fascinating Summit speakers. In the second part of this interview, Andrew…
In the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the most fascinating Summit speakers. In this two-part post, Andrew Salkin, Chief Operating…
The New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response released scenario-specific response guides. With input from their community partners, they created 10 Individual and Family Response Guides that provide…
HHS released a recommendations guide called Primary Response Incident Scene Management (PRISM) for mass patient decontamination. Community planners can build scientifically sound actions into emergency response plans based on the recommendations, which were informed by…
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. As the nation mobilizes for a looming Zika threat, state and local health departments (LHDs) are losing…
A new calculation by scientists estimates that natural disasters around the globe have resulted in roughly $7 trillion in economic losses since 1900. Their research also ascribes more than 8 million deaths to natural disasters.…
By Dr. Swannie Jett, DrPH, MSc, NACCHO President and Health Officer for the Florida Department of Health in Seminole County It only takes one storm to change your community. Hurricane Preparedness Week, May 15–21, is…
In the second year of the Preparedness Summit Podcast series, take a deeper dive into the subject of preparedness with some of the most fascinating Summit speakers. Michael Frogel, Co-Principal Investigator for the New York…
By Andrea Grenadier, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Representatives from major public health organizations addressed attendees at the 2016 Preparedness Summit in a late-breaking session that succinctly addressed the threats of Zika virus disease, as well as…
The 2016 National Preparedness Index Results were released this week. The Index is an annual assessment of the nation’s health security and preparedness, measuring how prepared we are for managing an emergency. The United States…