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From anthrax to Zika: Fifteen years of public health emergency preparedness
Nonkin Avchen R , LeBlanc TT , Kosmos C . Am J Public Health 2017 107 S117 Whether natural, accidental, or intentional, public health threats are ever present and can lead to national emergencies. Before our current understanding of catastrophic events, and as early as 1930, AJPH published an article on predisaster preparedness (http://bit.ly/2tDkhTO) highlighting many points that are still relevant today. Even then, the authors recognized that disasters were “no longer minor or chance occurrences but each year they are more widespread, more devastating and more demanding of harmonious assistance”—a sentiment that still resonates. Furthermore, the authors professed a need for dedicated funds for staffing, equipment, and resources that are necessary to advance predisaster emergency work. | Our current frame of reference is shaped by the events of September 11, 2001. In response to the terrorist attack, the US Congress set up appropriations to support state, local, tribal, and territorial public health departments nationwide; these funds are administered through a cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to fortify national security. The Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement helps health departments strengthen their abilities to effectively respond to a range of public health threats, including infectious diseases; natural disasters; and biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological events. |
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