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UPDATE: Significant Progress Made in Nation's Preparedness to Respond to Public Health Emergencies; but Gaps in Critical Areas Threaten Overall Readiness
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, January 1st, 2008
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) released the fifth annual "Ready or Not' Protecting the Public's Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism" report, which found that while important progress has been made, critical areas of the nation's emergency health preparedness effort still require attention. In addition, the continuing trend of annual cuts in federal funding for state and local preparedness activities threatens the nation's safety.
The "Ready or Not'" report contains state-by-state health preparedness scores based on 10 key indicators to assess health emergency preparedness capabilities. All 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) were...
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