Public Health: Emergency Preparedness

"HHS Response and Recovery Resources Compendium Project is an easy to navigate, comprehensive web-based repository of HHS resources and capabilities available to Federal, State, local, territorial and tribal stakeholders before, during, and after public health and medical incidents. The resources in this repository may also be useful for public health and medical emergency management officials. Each topic contains a list of the major HHS capabilities, products and services that support that function, a brief description of each and information on accessing them."

PHPR has primary oversight and responsibility for all programs that comprise CDC’s public health preparedness and response portfolio. Through an all-hazards approach to preparedness – focusing on threats from natural, biological, chemical and radiological events – PHPR helps the nation prepare for and respond to urgent threats to the public’s health by providing strategic direction, coordination and support for all of CDC’s terrorism preparedness and emergency response activities.

Are you traveling to a state or region experiencing a major disaster? You can help them access key resources. "The Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) is a partnership of the National Library of Medicine, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, and the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers and other publishers. EAI provides temporary free access to full text articles from major biomedicine titles to healthcare professionals, librarians, and the public affected by disasters. "