Value of Title V in Emergency Preparedness and Response: Lessons Learned from Zika and Tips for Ensuring Ongoing MCH (Maternal and Child Health) Involvement | NLM

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Value of Title V in Emergency Preparedness and Response: Lessons Learned from Zika and Tips for Ensuring Ongoing MCH (Maternal and Child Health) Involvement

07/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). Published: 7/2019. Based on results from a virtual focus group, this four-page document, published with the March of Dimes, synthesizes key takeaways on the value of Title V Maternal and Child Health and Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs programs' active involvement in the Zika response. It also describes actions needed to ensure Title V programs play a key role in future emergency preparedness and response activities, how the Zika outbreak highlighted the critical role that Title V can play, and the resources and systems that Title V programs can offer. (PDF)