Public Health Preparedness 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
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