Public Health Preparedness
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While the 2010 Public Health Preparedness Summit may have ended, the content lives on. Materials from hundreds of sessions and Secretary Sebelius' opening session remarks are now available for download on www.phprep.org. The conference blog, "SummitUp," highlights dozens of sessions and provides insights from attendee bloggers. Read "SummitUp" at http://phprep.wordpress.com. More » 
In 2007, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) conducted a nationwide survey, which analyzed the effects of public health preparedness (PHP) funding at the local health department level.1 This survey reported numerous PHP developments in U.S. local health departments (LHDs) and a steady decrease in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) funding from 2002 to 2007, despite many critical preparedness areas still in need of improvement. "Story from the Field" is a regular feature in NACCHO's bi-monthly e-newsletter, "Preparedness Brief." Join the "Preparedness Brief" mailing list today! More »
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NACCHO’s preparedness work focuses on activities related to both practice and policy. NACCHO creates new tools and improves existing ones to help local health departments enhance their readiness to respond to public health emergencies and other disasters. NACCHO also serves as a conduit through which local input can reach and effect positive change on national initiatives.
