APHL collaborates with members and other subject matter experts to build the readiness of national laboratory systems. The association coordinates planning, assessments, training, evaluation and allocation of resources to protect against and respond to all hazards.
How Prepared is Your State? Your Country? A New Report Notes That Public Health Preparedness is in Jeopardy Due to Budget Cuts
The Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released the sixth annual Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report, which finds that progress made to better protect the country from disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and bioterrorism is now at risk, due to budget cuts and the economic crisis. In addition, the report concludes that major gaps remain in many critical areas of preparedness, including surge capacity, rapid disease detection, and food safety. The report assesses state and federal progress on indicators of emergency preparedness, and offers specific recommendations to Congress, including restoring funding for health emergency preparedness, incorporating preparedness into healthcare reform, and enhancing research and development of technology and countermeasures. The full report, state specific releases, and a video news release are available on the report's web site.
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Report Shows Six Years of Critical Achievment in Public Health Preparedness
If a bioterror attack, flu pandemic, or other public health emergency hit the United States tomorrow, would state and local health agencies be prepared? A new report, Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Six Years of Achievement, released by APHL, ASTHO, CSTE and NACCHO says “yes.”
A CDC Report on the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement
For Rule-Out of Biological, Chemical, Radiological and Explosive Hazards in Unknown Samples and Packages
All-Hazards Receipt Facility