This report presents a culture-based approach to the preparedness goals laid out in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) 2018–2022 Strategic Plan. It lays out four Guiding Principles for building Cultures of Preparedness, followed by practical strategies and examples that demonstrate successful outcomes in real-world settings.
Publication Date:
2/1/2019
Post Date: 2/1/2019
Publication Date:
9/11/2018
Post Date: 1/31/2019
In this course, learners will be able to describe pathogen-related factors that may warrant treatment in a biocontainment unit. Learners will also be able to describe the clinical presentation of Ebola.
Publication Date:
1/25/2018
Post Date: 1/31/2019
This National Ebola Training and Education Center course discusses the assessment, management, and placement of persons suspected to have Ebola and Other Special Pathogens.
Publication Date:
9/11/2018
Post Date: 1/31/2019
.This course facilitates learners to describe pathogen-related factors that may warrant treatment in a biocontainment unit and to distinguish between concepts of infectious, communicable, and hazardous as they relate to Ebola and other special pathogens of concern. Participants will also be able to describe the clinical presentation of selected special pathogens from the two broad categories: viral hemorrhagic fevers and the highly pathogenic respiratory viruses.
Publication Date:
1/31/2019
Post Date: 1/31/2019
This resource provides links to legislation and regulations related to medical countermeasures.
Publication Date:
1/19/2017
Post Date: 1/31/2019
Publication Date:
4/25/2018
Post Date: 1/31/2019
This video is a recording of the meeting of the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense. It covers:
- Current transnational biological threats;
- Homeland defense and security in the global context;
- Global security efforts to combat these threats;
- International public health security efforts; and
- The need to elevate global health security as a national and global priority.
Publication Date:
2/6/2017
Post Date: 1/31/2019
This video offers program leaders from within the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US Department of Defense (DoD), and US Agency for International Development (USAID) speak to their work in reducing biological threats globally.
Publication Date:
1/29/2019
Post Date: 1/31/2019
The Pandemic Response Box contains 400 diverse drug-like molecules active against bacteria, viruses or fungi.
Publication Date:
11/14/2018
Post Date: 1/29/2019
This factsheet provides the latest information on African swine fever.