viernes, 12 de octubre de 2018

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Information and Emergency Response



10/11/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Administration for Children and Families [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (ACF). Published: 9/2018. This 52-page manual is intended to assist early childhood education programs in making a plan that will help keep their program, center, or home safe during an emergency. It is designed to be a workbook-style document that includes information about emergency preparedness, as well as corresponding worksheets that allow users to customize an emergency plan for a program, center, or home. (PDF)
10/11/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Hudson Institute. Published: 10/9/2018. This day-long event was held to provide the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense with a better understanding of how far the nation has come in addressing biological threats, and how much work remains. Speakers reexamined the anthrax events of 2001, as well as subsequent biological events, and shared their experiences and viewpoints. (Video or Multimedia)
10/11/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: CNA Analysis and Solutions. Published: 10/2/2018. This 35-minute webinar discusses case studies conducted about the impact of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria on supply chain resilience. The case studies are intended to provide background and analysis to inform efforts to adjust policy, strategy, and operations dealing with catastrophic preparedness and response. (Video or Multimedia)
10/11/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 10/2018. This three-page report on plague is based on data for 2016 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on April 4, 2018. TESSy is a system for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data on communicable diseases. In 2016, no cases of plague were reported in European Union/European Economic Area countries. Autochthonous plague has not occurred in Europe for several decades. (PDF)
10/11/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense. Published: 10/2018. This 62-page report describes the need to see state governors, territorial governors and administrators, tribal leaders, mayors, borough council presidents, and township supervisors make biodefense a greater priority before biological attacks, accidents, outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics place the lives of their constituents at risk. It recommends eight key steps that will increase the capability of state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to share with the federal government the burden of preparedness for, response to, and recovery from large-scale biological events. (PDF)

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