Week 11 – Public Health Emergency Response

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You are asked to find one example of a public health emergency in the United States in the last 20 years and develop a 20-25 slide PowerPoint about the incident: What happened, who responded, what public health measures were involved and how did the situation resolve itself? Use the topics presented in the public health emergency response manual to shape your presentation.

READING

Required reading
1. Public Health Emergency Response booklet by CDC. Public Health emergency response.pdf

2. Wisner chapter 4: Emergency response.

3. Landesman chapter 3: Structure and Organization of Health Management in Disaster Response

Journal articles-optional reading
1. Koenig. Health Care Facility choices for PPE. Koenig PPE article 2007.pdf