11/19/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: State of Louisiana. Published: 7/2018. The purpose of this 69-page toolkit is to offer functional guidance to aid in the establishment, operation, and maintenance of Cohabitated Human/Household Pet (CHHP) shelters in response to an emergency associated with a natural or man-made disaster. It describes how to coordinate with non-governmental organizations, community leaders, and governmental partners at the local, parish/county, and state/tribal/territorial levels to accomplish the sheltering mission. (PDF)
11/17/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Published: 11/15/2018. This eight-page issue brief illustrates the opportunities the 2030 Agenda provides to accelerate integrated antimicrobial resistance (AMR) responses, including promoting greater multi-sectoriality in the AMR response. It details how the complexity and multidimensionality of AMR, and the One Health approach that governments have committed to advancing, require greater coordination, stronger governance, and more effective partnerships. (PDF)
11/17/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH). Published: 11/13/2018. This one-hour, five-minute presentation, the 2018 Kinyoun Lecture at the National Institutes of Health, explores the impacts of the unprecedented use of opioids in the United States on the management of infectious diseases. While overdose remains the leading cause of death among people who use opioids, this population is also disproportionately affected by viral hepatitis, bacterial endocarditis, HIV, and other infections associated with sharing and reusing needles to inject drugs and other behaviors linked to illicit drug use. (Video or Multimedia)
11/17/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: Office of Inspector General [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS OIG). Published: 11/7/2018. The objectives of this 14-page report were to identify the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s potential risks for preparing for and responding to hurricanes and other natural disasters, and to determine whether CDC has designed and implemented controls and strategies to mitigate these potential risks. Within the four risk areas related to CDC’s hurricane preparedness and response activities, the study identified 22 sub-risk areas and rated 19 as low risk and three as moderate risk. CDC had developed various controls and strategies that are designed to mitigate these risks. (PDF)
11/17/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [National Institutes of Health] (NIAID). Published: 11/2018. This 40-page report reflects on the research and development advancements that have been achieved thus far by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Research Program Directed Against Chemical Threats. The results of NIH’s research and medical countermeasures development efforts are becoming increasingly evident as the overall portfolio and product pipeline matures. Highlighting this maturation is the successful transition of five potential medical countermeasures from NIH to the Health and Human Services Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) for advanced development studies since the 2011 update. (PDF)
11/17/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 11/2018. This two-page fact sheet from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) provides a summary of the Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP) data collected and analyzed for the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) following Hurricanes Irma and Maria from November 2, 2017, to September 15, 2018. It details patient and pharmacy demographics, pharmacy services, and top drug categories by paid claims. (PDF)
11/17/2018 12:00 AM EST
Source: Minnesota Department of Health. Published: 7/20/2018. This web page provides resources about crisis standards of care (CSC), which are used when a health care system is so overwhelmed by an event that it is impossible for it to provide the normal, or standard, level of care to patients. In situations such as a pandemic or severe epidemic influenza season, a formal declaration by state government would occur to recognize that health care systems are in crisis operations that may last for some time. (Text)
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