jueves, 25 de octubre de 2018

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Information and Emergency Response



10/24/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 10/22/2018. This 69-page document details policy proposals on strengthening Great Britain’s emergency preparedness and response arrangements for radiological emergencies. It proposes broad structural changes to how emergency preparedness and response is done in Great Britain; the most significant of these are intended to ensure that emergency management systems are sufficiently flexible to respond to very low probability events and events that develop in unexpected ways. (PDF)
10/24/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 10/2018. This 115-page document describes how the United States will continue to address the highest priority gaps identified during the 2016 Joint External Evaluation (JEE), which identified strengths and gaps in U.S. capacities to prevent, detect, and respond to public health emergencies. The plan captures programs and activities of individual departments and agencies or groups, and is intended to be a dynamic framework that can evolve as a result of development of new legislation, policies, programs, technologies, and budget changes. (PDF)
10/24/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: United Kingdom Parliament. Published: 10/18/2010. This 32-page report calls on the British Government to incorporate the recommendations of the report within the updated antimicrobial resistance (AMR) strategy, due to be published early in 2019. It makes recommendations in five key areas: Priority and political leadership, pharmaceutical market failure, antimicrobial use in healthcare, antimicrobial use in animals, and antimicrobials and the environment. (PDF)

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