viernes, 18 de enero de 2019

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Information and Emergency Response



01/15/2019 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: 1/15/2019. This Web page contains links to the most current versions of the National Health Security Strategy, implementation plan, and evaluation of progress, as well as an archive of past documents and an overview of the program. The 2019-2022 National Health Security Strategy (NHSS) provides a vision to strengthen the nation’s ability to prevent, detect, assess, prepare for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from disasters and emergencies. (Text)
01/01/2019 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: 2019. This 24-page National Health Security Strategy (NHSS) provides a vision for strengthening the nation’s ability to prevent, detect, assess, prepare for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from 21st century health security threats. Its objectives are to prepare, mobilize, and coordinate a whole-of-government approach in the event of a public health emergency, disaster, or attack; protect the nation from the health effects of emerging and pandemic infectious diseases and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats; and leverage the capabilities of the private sector. (PDF)
01/01/2019 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: 2019. This 11-page National Health Security Strategy (NHSS) Implementation Plan (IP) guides whole-of-government action to support federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners—as well as public and private partners, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academia, professional associations, communities, families/family units, and individuals—to advance the capabilities needed to address current risks and prepare for an array of new, evolving health threats. (PDF)
01/01/2019 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: 2019. This 50-page report summarizes progress made during the implementation of the quadrennial National Health Security Strategy (NHSS) and informs the needs to be addressed in the subsequent NHSS, which include preparing for risks on the horizon from an evolving, diverse threat landscape with the potential to disrupt public health and healthcare systems and inflict injury and loss of life. These 21st century threats include severe natural disasters, emerging and pandemic infectious diseases, terrorism, and potentially catastrophic risks posed by nation-state actors, revisionist powers, and rogue regimes. (PDF)
10/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Published: 10/2018. This 108-page report focuses on technologies and methods regarding the investigation of alleged chemical and/or biological weapons use as it pertains to the Department of Defense’s mission to protect U.S. forces and the homeland from chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction (WMD). It highlights recent, cutting-edge research in this field that will be essential for warfighter protection and sustainment in the next five to 10 years. (PDF)
07/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 7/2018. This 23-page report summarizes a meeting held on July 5-6, 2018, to arrive at a methodology to map the risk of international spread of vector-borne diseases via air travel, during outbreaks and routinely. The methodology will allow the World Health Organization to identify areas and airports with a risk of international spread of vector-borne diseases, and will help inform policy decisions to implement effective vector control measures to prevent the spread of vectors via aircraft, including aircraft disinsection, as appropriate. (PDF)

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