jueves, 18 de octubre de 2018

CDC - October 2018 Edition - Public Health Law News - Public Health Law

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Webinar—Operationalizing Legal Preparedness for Disease Outbreaks: Incorporating Legal Requirements into Health System Readiness

CDC’s Public Health Law Program (PHLP) and the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section and Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Response will cosponsor a webinar about putting legal preparedness into effect for disease outbreaks. It is the second webinar in a three-part series called Emergency Preparedness and Response in the 21st Century: Legal Lessons Learned. This webinar will highlight how health departments and health system partners must innovate to turn complex legal requirements into actionable processes for practitioners to use in their everyday and emergency response activities. This free webinar will take place October 23, 2018, from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (EDT) and will include a live question and answer session.
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Webinar—Operationalizing Legal Preparedness for Disease Outbreaks: Incorporating Legal Requirements into Health System Readiness. CDC’s Public Health Law Program (PHLP) and the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section and Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Response will cosponsor a webinar about putting legal preparedness into effect for disease outbreaks. It is the second webinar in a three-part series called Emergency Preparedness and Response in the 21st Century: Legal Lessons Learned. This webinar will highlight how health departments and health system partners must innovate to turn complex legal requirements into actionable processes for practitioners to use in their everyday and emergency response activities. This free webinar will take place October 23, 2018, from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (EDT) and will include a live question and answer session.

Taking Opportunity Costs Seriously in Public Health Law. This article in Public Health Reports,by Scott Burris, JD, discusses the importance of evaluating opportunity costs in the realm of public health. Opportunity costs are the loss of benefits associated with alternate options when a particular option is selected. Burris urges the reader to consider the limited resources that exist, as they carry significant weight in the success of public health endeavors.

APHA Conference 2018. Registration is open for the American Public Health Association’s (APHA’s) annual meeting and expo. The meeting will take place November 10–14, 2018, in San Diego, California.

O’Neill Institute Colloquium 2018. The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law is hosting its annual Colloquium on Wednesdays at 1:20 pm (ET) from August 29 to November 28, 2018, at the Georgetown University Law Center. This Colloquium aims to provide an engaging environment to discuss current topics in global health policy, administration, and law. This year, the Colloquium offers four modules: 1) health coverage and equity, 2) drug policy, 3) populism and policy change, and 4) sustaining multilateral approaches to health promotion

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