The Power of Preparedness: National Preparedness Month 2016

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response.
• Description:
  Global : Prepare Globally
  
  • The world has come together to better prevent, detect, and respond to health threats.
  
  • About 2/3 of the world remains unprepared to handle a public health emergency.
  
  Country : Prepare to Respond
  
  • Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) bring experts together to make decisions quickly in emergencies.
  
  • The CDC EOC has been activated more than 90% of the time in the last 7 years.
  
  State : Prepare Locally
  
  • Preparing today can reduce the impact of future disasters.
  
  • Nearly 2000 U.S. emergency responders have been trained in how to get critical medicines through the Strategic National Stockpile
  
  Community : Prepare Together
  
  • In times of crisis communities have to help one another
  
  • Only 34% of people reported having volunteered to help during a disaster.
  
  Individual : Prepare Yourself
  
  • Plan for what to do in an emergency.
  
  • Over 60% of people do not have an emergency plan that they have discussed with their household.
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  preparedness-month-2016-infographic.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events Civil Defense Disaster Planning
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Name as Subject:
  National Preparedness Month
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Pages in Document:
  1 infographic
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41117/cdc_41117_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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