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The CDC released a 192 page report on the nation’s public health preparedness yesterday, citing a number of areas where improvements have been seen.
Admittedly, I’ve not had time to look at this report, so I’ll simply provide a link to it, and to a summary by CIDRAP’s Robert Roos and Lisa Schnirring.
2010 Report - Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening the Nation’s Emergency Response State by State
A report on CDC-funded preparedness and response activities in 50 states, 4 cities, and 8 U.S. insular areas
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening the Nation’s Emergency Response State by State highlights progress in preparedness and presents data on a broad range of preparedness and response activities occurring at state and local levels across the nation. The report features national data and individual fact sheets for the 50 states and four directly funded localities (Chicago, the District of Columbia, Los Angeles County and New York City) supported by CDC’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreement.
An overview of the preparedness activities and challenges in the U.S. territories, commonwealths, and freely associated states funded by PHEP are also included. Fact sheet data expand and update those presented in CDC’s first state preparedness report (2008), and cover activities conducted in 2008 and 2009.
The report also highlights state and local preparedness and response activities occurring during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. All CDC preparedness reports are an important part of CDC’s overall focus on demonstrating results, driving program improvements, and increasing accountability for the nation’s investment in public health preparedness.
Since this isn’t exactly most people’s idea of light summer reading, we are fortunate to have this overview from CIDRAP.
CDC says state and local preparedness improving
Robert Roos and Lisa Schnirring
Staff Writers
Sep 21, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – State and local health departments have significantly improved their readiness for public health emergencies in the past few years, with laboratory capacity and emergency operations centers leading the list of improved areas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a major report released today.
"We have some really good news, and there's some nice trend data," particularly in lab capacity and response readiness capacity, Dr. Ali Khan, director of the CDC Office of Pubic Health Preparedness and Emergency Response, told CIDRAP News.
