10/23/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Published: 10/23/2019. This one-hour webinar from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Emergency Partners Information Connection draws upon communication science, behavioral science, and the experiences of emergency responders to share best practices for overcoming message resistance. It reviews the principles of Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC), the psychology of a crisis, and the importance of messages and audiences. (Video or Multimedia)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). Published: 10/2019. This 36-page report provides stories of major urban areas and institutions in the United States that have made the decision to remove and replace medical and research devices containing cesium-137 with equally effective alternatives that do not pose the security risks associated with high-activity radiological materials. Hospitals, research centers, and governments increasingly are recognizing the risks associated with radiological devices and are voluntarily removing and replacing them. The report aims to educate public health officials at the local and state levels, hospital chief operating officers and administrators, and other cesium-137 users about the advantages of alternative technologies. (PDF)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). Published: 10/2019. Given the recent introduction and outbreaks of emerging mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika, coupled with increased insecticide resistance in mosquitoes, Harris County, Texas, Public Health looked globally for innovative ideas and alternative methods to improve its vector surveillance and control services. This four-page report describes the department's success stories about efforts to protect residents from cases of introduction of new vector-borne diseases or outbreak of already existing diseases. (PDF)
10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). Published: 10/2019. This 324-page Global Health Security (GHS) Index is the first comprehensive assessment and benchmarking of health security and related capabilities across the 195 countries that make up the States Parties to the International Health Regulations (IHR [2005]). It is intended to be a key resource in the face of increasing risks of high-consequence and globally catastrophic biological events and in light of major gaps in international financing for preparedness.The GHS Index is a project of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (JHU) and was developed with The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). (PDF)
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