New Hampshire is divided into 15 Public Health Regions, which are served by local partnerships. Greater Monadnock Public Health Region (GMPHR) represents a largely rural and forested portion of the...
Bioterrorism
The deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, or other germs (agents) used to cause illness or death in people, animals, or plants. Examples of biological agents include anthrax, botulism, Q fever, and tularemia. For more information, please visit the CDC page on bioterrorism.
More than 70 US cities participate in the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI), which is funded by CDC to develop programs that ensure medication is available to a city's entire population within 48...
Hospitals rely on an immense infrastructure to provide patient care and a hygienic environment. Wisconsin's 136 hospitals use an estimated 300 to 350 gallons of water per bed per day. Much of that...
A NIMS-based approach provides a framework to establish an acute care center (ACC) for a bioterrorism event, but much of the information could easily be extrapolated to a pandemic situation. The...
Connecticut experiences a wide array of seasonal hazards, such as severe winter storms, hurricanes, and floods, and it must also prepare for accidents stemming from man-made disasters, infectious...
More than half the US population lives in cities and metropolitan areas. If a public health emergency, such as a bioterrorist attack or a disease epidemic, were to affect one of these areas, a...
The Oklahoma Department of Health developed a Push Partner Program in response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21, which asked all communities to be prepared to provide prophylaxis to...
The North Carolina Division of Public Health (NC DPH) developed a program to increase surveillance for potential bioterrorist or infectious disease events by placing public health epidemiologists in...
Points of dispensing (PODs) sites located in schools or community buildings are a standard part of preparing to provide medication or vaccine to the public during an infectious disease outbreak or...
The Closed Dispensing Site Workbook is designed to help community organizations become closed dispensing sites to administer medication to their staff and/or clients during an emergency. The...
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