Medical Response

• First Response
• Federal Public Health and Medical Services Response
• Medical Surge Capacity Capability
• Legal Authority of the HHS Secretary

Emergency Support Functions

• Emergency Support Functions
• Emergency Support Function #8

Medical Assistance

• USPHS Commissioned Corps (USPHS)
• National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
• Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
• Federal Medical Stations
• Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)

Legal Authorities

• Pandemic & All-Hazards Preparedness Act
• Pandemic & All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act
• Pandemic & All-Hazards Preparedness & Advancing Innovation Act

Policies, Strategies & Directives

• National Health Security Strategy
• National Response Framework
• Public Health Directives

Boards and Committees

• National Biodefense Science Board
• Executive Order 13486 Working Group on Strengthening the Biosecurity of the United States

Public Health Resources

• Related Public Health Guidance
• Civil Rights

Preparedness Programs

Regional Disaster Health Response System (RDHRS)
• Hospital Preparedness Program
• Regional Emergency Coordinators
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP)

Planning Guidance and Tools

• Emergency Operations Plans for Schools, Institutions of Higher Education and Houses of Worship
• Medical Surge Capacity Capability Handbook
• Community Planning Healthcare Research

Basic Research

• Biodefense & Related Programs

Strategic National Stockpile

• About the Stockpile
• Stockpile Branches
• Stockpile Products
• Sustaining the Stockpile
• Training and Exercises
• Global Responders
• Stockpile Responses

Advanced Research, Development & Procurement

• Requirements Setting
• Core Services
• Stockpile Building
• Fill-Finish Manufacturing Network
• Advancing Innovation

Partnerships and Policy Initiatives

• Global Health Security Initiative
• International Health Regulations (2005)
• North American Plan for Animal and Pandemic Influenza
• Beyond the Border Initiative
• Global Health Security Agenda
• U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
• WHO’s Pandemic Influenza Preparedness

Responder Safety

• Protecting Emergency Responders
• Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners

Responder Mental Health

• Preventing and Managing Stress: Tips for Disaster Responders

Responder Teams

• National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
• USPHS Commissioned Corps(USPHS)
• Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)
• Regional Emergency Coordinators