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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S). Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response. Division of State and Local Readiness. ; Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
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The 2015-2016 National Report of Medical Countermeasure Readiness provides insights into the ability of the United States to plan and successfully execute a public health response requiring life-saving medical countermeasures. This report identi es key ndings and recommended steps to advance our nation’s health security.

During a public health emergency, jurisdictions must be able to provide life-saving medicines and supplies, known as medical countermeasures (MCMs), to the right people in the right place at the right time. The Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program, managed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR), provides critical funding, support, and collaboration to ensure public health departments nationwide can successfully meet the MCM needs of their communities.

Governmental leaders at every level and the public need to be con dent in the nation’s ability to respond to a public health incident that requires life-saving MCMs.

CDC implemented a new process in 2014-2015 to evaluate how prepared jurisdictions are to execute plans for delivering MCMs in an emergency. This rigorous assessment process measures MCM operational readiness — the ability to plan and successfully execute a response requiring medical countermeasures during an incident such as an intentional release of anthrax or other public health threat.

From July 2015 to June 2016, CDC and PHEP program recipients conducted a national review of MCM operational readiness in 487 jurisdictions (figure 1) to identify key strengths and gaps using the new MCM operational readiness review (ORR) process. Using the results from the MCM ORR assessment, CDC works with jurisdictions to provide technical assistance and address any gaps identified.

This document was developed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR).

2015-2016_NationalReport_MCMReadiness_508.pdf


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Cities
Civil Defense/organization & Administration
Community Networks/organization & Administration
Disaster Planning/organization & Administration
Emergency Medical Services/organization & Administration
Program Evaluation
Public Health Administration
Security Measures/organization & Administration
State Government

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Report
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United States
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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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