This article presents the development of a program and results of a study to evaluate an online distancebased learning (DBL) program for competency-based, basic emergency preparedness training for employees of local health departments nationwide. The program was developed and implemented beginning in May 2003 by Columbia University’s Center for Public Health Preparedness (CU-CPHP), and was desi...

In a paper appearing in this issue, Adini, et al. describe a struggle familiar to many emergency planners-the challenge of planning for all scenarios. The authors contend that all-hazards, or capabilities-based planning, in which a set of core capabilities applicable to numerous types of events is developed, is a more efficient way to achieve general health care system emergency preparedness th...

Objective Aim To setup a nodal agency called the Centre for Public Health Preparedness (CPHP) dedicated towards public health surveillance during disasters in the state of Odisha, India. For better public health preparedness in disaster management the objectives of CPHP will be to: 1. To strengthen public health surveillance and preparedness for disaster management, through research, capacity b...

Introduction Effective PH information exchange depends on standardized data to ensure system-to-system interoperability and is a critical component of preparedness and response. The Common Ground Preparedness Framework (CGPF) was developed through a three-year collaboration of eight state and local health departments to define and categorize PH business processes related to preparedness to incl...

Framing has previously been studied in the field of pandemic preparedness and global health governance and influenza pandemics have usually been framed in terms of security and evidence-based medicine on a global scale. This paper is based on the pandemic preparedness plans, published after 2009, from eight European countries. We study how pandemic preparedness is framed and how pandemic influe...

Power outages present a significant threat to all of humanity. However, elements critical infrastructure are most affected by this event. Among other things, healthcare facilities can be considered infrastructure. They the backbone for saving lives. even these medical endangered. The primary aim paper is design an algorithm assess solve power outages. Several inputs evaluation facilities. Based...

The study was conducted to a) Evaluate the service readiness and b) Ascertain supply side barriers inhibiting provisioning in rural, remote fragile district India. We employed a mixed method design encompassing Service Provisioning Assessment of entire network public health facilities using Availability Readiness (SARA) module WHO conjunction with Indian Public Health Standards Guidelines (IPHS...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread disruptions to health, economic and social lives globally. This qualitative study explores frontline healthcare workers’ (HCWs) experiences delivering routine care in Kenya’s informal settlements during the early phases of pandemic, amidst stringent mitigation measures. Thirteen telephone interviews were conducted with facility community-based HCWs se...