Public Health Preparedness

• Overview
• Resources

 Overview

What are the priorities?

• Terrorism
• Emerging Infections
• Natural Disasters
• Mental Health and Resilience

Why are these priorities?

• Americans count on a strong public health system capable of meeting any emergency, whether it is an act of terrorism, an emerging infectious illness, or a weather disaster such as a hurricane or tornado.

How can we solve/address these priorities?

• Invest more resources in our public health system
• Develop partnerships between law enforcement, public health, and education agencies at all levels of government.

How is the Surgeon General's Office/HHS helping?

• Increased funding for bio-terrorism preparedness
• Research on biology bioterror-related agents
• Better food safety through import inspections
• Better public health and hospital planning and coordination
• Increased use of volunteers through the Medical Reserve Corps

Resources

• Disasters and Emergencies
• Bioterrorism (healthfinder)
• Mental Health (Subatance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

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