Public Health Emergency - Leading a Nation Prepared
Drug and medical supply shortages can happen at any time, and they can occur with very little warning due to disasters. Take some time during steady state to identify federal and private sector points of contact and build relationships you can rely on in an emergency.
The diagnostic test is designed to detect a Zika virus-specific IgM antibodies produced by the body’s immune response to the virus. The new test can detect an early immune response at about one week from exposure.
The meeting will focus on early results and progress reports from four new programs that were designed to strengthen disaster health preparedness, response and recovery: the Regional Disaster Health Response System; BARDA DRIVe; ASPR’s new Incident Management Team; One Health; and the National Biodefense Strategy.
This year, there are four open positions on the board and HHS is looking for highly qualified experts to help address some of our nation’s toughest public health emergency preparedness and response challenges. Applicants must submit their completed nomination package to ASPR by mail or email by June 15, 2019.
The multiyear budget highlights spending plans for the various HHS agencies within the PHEMCE and provides Congress and our external stakeholders with information on funds that have been invested in specific threat areas and future plans for investments in specific threat areas, based on availability of funds.
