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
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• Subjects:
  • Anniversaries and Special Events
  • Civil Defense
  • Disaster Planning
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Corporate as Subject:
  National Preparedness Month
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Pages in Document:
  1 infographic
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41117/cdc_41117_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.83 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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