05/28/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 5/28/2019. This 25-page report presents the results of the third round of the external quality assessment on antimicrobial susceptibility testing for national public health laboratories for Campylobacter (Campylobacter EQA3-AST) within the Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses Network (FWD-Net). It is part of a European Union protocol for harmonized monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in human Salmonella and Campylobacter isolates. Campylobacteriosis, followed by salmonellosis, is the leading cause of zoonotic foodborne diseases in the European Union/European Economic Area. (PDF)
05/24/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Council on Disability (NCD). Published: 5/24/2019. This 111-page report examines occurrences of institutionalization of people with disabilities, as well as threats of institutionalization that were thwarted, in 2017 and 2018, including during Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, Florence, and Michael, and the California wildfires. This report examines how, when, and why people with disabilities were institutionalized during and after recent disasters, and provides recommendations and promising practices that would enable federal agencies to eliminate institutionalization of persons with disabilities during future disasters. (PDF)
05/21/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Published: 5/21/2019. This brief provides an overview of the status of the health care systems and Medicaid programs in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) about one and a half years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck the islands in September 2017. Since the storms, the territories’ Medicaid programs have served as important resources for addressing residents’ health care needs, but they have operated under longstanding financing challenges. This brief focuses on these challenges and includes analysis of the implications for the territories’ Medicaid program finances, as most of the temporary federal Medicaid funds provided through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and disaster relief are set to expire at the end of September 2019. (Text)
05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Nations (UN). Published: 5/2019. The key objectives of this conference, held on May 23-24, 2019, in Oslo, Norway, included mobilizing stronger political commitment to prevent incidents of, and protect people at risk of, sexual and gender-based violence and conflict-related sexual violence, and to ensure that the response is life-saving, timely, and promotes the needs, rights, and dignity of survivors and those at risk. This page provides links to conference materials and information. The conference was hosted by Norway, Iraq, Somalia, United Arab Emirates, United Nations, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Population Fund, International Committee of the Red Cross, and other partners. (Text)
05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency [Department of Homeland Security] (FEMA). Published: 5/2019. This 84-page handbook provides practical approaches and advice for Tribal governments as they develop their hazard mitigation plans. It is organized around the seven recommended steps for developing a Tribal mitigation plan, and provides considerations for how to implement the mitigation plan, advance mitigation activities, and incorporate risk reduction into other Tribal plans and programs. It includes three appendices: Resources and References, Sample Planning Framework, and Process Planning Worksheets. (PDF)
04/24/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Administration for Children and Families [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (ACF). Published: 4/24/2019. This 13-page document describes common definitions, terminology, and principles of violence prevention to inform the development and implementation of activities to prevent human trafficking. It describes key concepts for organizations and communities to consider when integrating prevention strategies, approaches, and services into anti-trafficking efforts. It also provides a framework for the development of national, state, tribal, and local collaborations to prevent human trafficking. (PDF)
02/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Library of Medicine [National Institutes of Health] (NLM). Published: 2/2019. ASPIRE (Algorithm Suggesting Proportionate Incident Response Engagement) is a prototype decision aiding tool developed by experts in medicine and emergency response to help identify the need for patients exposed to chemical agents to undertake wet decontamination. It is a tool for Primary Response Incident Scene Management (PRISM), which provides authoritative, evidence-based guidance on mass casualty disrobe and decontamination during a chemical incident. (Text)
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