US: CDC says state preparedness much improved since 2001 - (CIDRAP)
February 20, 2008 – 5:21 pmThe distribution of more than $5 billion in federal funds since 2001 has greatly improved states’ preparedness to deal with disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and other public health emergencies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in a first-of-its-kind assessment.
The CDC report, titled “Pubic Health Preparedness: Mobilizing State by State,” is the agency’s first major effort to evaluate and describe what state and local public health agencies have accomplished with the increased federal dollars that flowed to states after the terrorist attacks of 2001.
“There has been significant progress toward achieving this goal” of protecting the public from emerging health threats, Dr. Richard Besser, director of the CDC Coordinating Office for Terrorism and Emergency Response, said at a briefing today.
For the complete news item, please visit http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/news/feb2008states.html
Full CDC report on state preparedness
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/publications/feb08phprep/
Feb 20 CDC press release
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/2008/r080220.htm
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http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/news/fsnews.cfm?newsid=24429
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