is a joint project between the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)in Washington, DC, andthe Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota.
The Web site is a one-stop shop for concrete tools and strategies to respond to the health consequences of disasters and emergencies. Learn more about us here.
UPDATE is prepared and published monthly by the project staff at CIDRAP, and past issues are available on the site.
BIOSURVEILLANCE IN THIS PRACTICE: North Carolina embedded public health epidemiologists in 10 of the state's largest hospital systems to detect infectious disease cases that could signal a bioterrorism attack or communicable disease cluster.
IN THIS PRACTICE:The Minnesota Department of Health created a decision-support tool to equitably use and/or extend scarce resources in a large-scale emergency--without jeopardizing care. .
IN THIS PRACTICE:Public health and private healthcare partners in Oregon created a flu-related care delivery system exclusively for uninsured and low-income people during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic that featured:
