Smallpox Preparedness Planning: Understanding the Strategic National...
On September 8, a Congressional exercise explored the implications of anthrax and smallpox attacks on the Korean Peninsula and the potential impact these attacks would have on Americans at home and...
View ArticleCDC’s Medical Countermeasure Link Webinar
***UPDATE: Due to a high demand of webinar recipients, the CDC has expanded the number of participant lines for each webinar time slot. The webinar login information has changed from the original...
View ArticleMedical Countermeasures Workgroup September Report
On September 8, the Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup held its third monthly call of the project year. On the call, representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
View ArticleMedical Countermeasure Toolkit Undergoing Revisions: Seeking Past Authors and...
The NACCHO Medical Countermeasure (MCM) Toolkit, formerly known as the Stockbox, is currently undergoing review by the NACCHO MCM Workgroup. Tools which have been submitted as best practice examples...
View ArticleMedical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup November Report
On November 10, the MCM workgroup held its fifth monthly call of the project year. On the call, a representative from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of the Strategic...
View ArticleCDC Offers Preparedness Training for Local Health Departments
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS) has announced its SNS Preparedness Course and Mass Antibiotic Dispensing Train-the-Trainer (MADT)...
View ArticleUsing Meals on Wheels in MCM Dispensing Planning
Organizations such as Meals on Wheels, PeaPod, Express Scripts, and home healthcare agencies provide food, medical supplies, and other essential services to elderly populations and those unable to...
View ArticleNew Guidance Available on Smallpox Outbreak Vaccine Strategy
A new guidance is available that advises local health departments on the United States’ vaccine response strategy in the case of a smallpox outbreak. “Clinical Guidance for Smallpox Vaccine Use in a...
View ArticleASTHO/NACCHO Closed POD Survey Findings Webinar
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are hosting...
View ArticleSmallpox Vaccines: CDC Guidance and Preparedness Tabletop Exercise
By Jennifer Alton, Vice President of Government Affairs, Bavarian Nordic The tragic Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a contemporary reminder that humans are vulnerable to infectious diseases and that...
View ArticleLocal Health Department Considers the 49th Hour through Long-Term Mass...
Anthrax response plans, exercises, and assessments over the past decade have focused almost exclusively on the first 48 hours of the public health response following a jurisdiction-wide exposure and...
View ArticleSubcommittee Hearing: Strategic Perspectives on the Bioterrorism Threat
On April 22, The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications held a hearing regarding the threat of bioterrorism and the steps that need to be taken to...
View ArticleStrategic National Stockpile Preparedness Course (CDC)
CDC’s Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS) is offering two courses in May to be held at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, AL. Registration opened February 2 for...
View ArticleMass Antibiotic Dispensing Train-the-Trainer Course (CDC)
CDC’s Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS) is offering two courses in May to be held at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, AL. Registration opened February 2 for...
View ArticleCDC Develops Medical Countermeasure Inventory Data Exchange
By Barbara Nichols, CDC Office of Public Health Scientific Services, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance; and Benjamin...
View ArticleEmergency Planning with Pharmacies
Want to include pharmacies in your preparedness plans? Already working with pharmacies but facing challenges? Join NACCHO for a new webinar, “Emergency Planning with Pharmacies.” Speakers will include...
View ArticleStrategic National Stockpile Preparedness Course (CDC)
The Strategic National Stockpile Preparedness Course is a 3 day course designed to give federal, state, and local officials information on how to best plan and prepare for a public health emergency...
View ArticleCDC Releases Training Schedule for Upcoming Year
Registration is now open for the fall quarter Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Preparedness Course and the Mass Antibiotic Dispensing Train-the-Trainer (MADT) Course. The courses are hosted by the...
View ArticleCountermeasures Needed to Overcome the MCM Operational Readiness Review
WANTED: Resources to Help State and Locals Defeat the Medical Countermeasure Operational Readiness Review As budget period 4 (BP4) grant year gets underway, many state and local health departments...
View ArticleMass Antibiotic Dispensing Train-the-Trainer (MADT)
The Mass Antibiotic Dispensing Train-the-Trainer (MADT) course is a 3 day course designed to prepare state and local public health staff to implement mass dispensing training for their agencies or...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....