April 19, 2022//, ,

Data on Emergency Preparedness Can Improve Public Health Response in Every State

By: Alonzo Plough, PhD, MPH

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the nation’s public health systems like no event in modern history. Nearly two years after the initial outbreak kickstarted surging caseloads that continue to...

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  • September 28, 2021//, ,

    Health Security Levels in 2021 Show that Inequities are Large, Persistent but Solvable

    By: Glen Mays, PhD, MPH

    As the United States completes a second year of pandemic response activities, results from the 2021 release of the National Health Security Preparedness Index show that the nation’s protections from...

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  • June 25, 2020//, ,

    Health Security Levels in 2020: Navigating the Pandemic & Preparing for New Uncertainties

    By: Glen Mays, PhD, MPH

    The latest release of results from the National Health Security Preparedness Index occurs at an unprecedented time in global public health history. States and communities are actively responding to...

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  • March 19, 2019//,

    Beyond the Numbers: Strategic Uses of the Index to Engage Communities and Shape Policies

    By: Glen Mays, PhD, MPH

    For those of you attending the 2019 National Preparedness Summit in St. Louis next week, please join us for a very special Learning Session exploring real-world examples of how a seemingly simple set...

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  • March 2, 2018//,

    Just Making Sure? Laboratory Capabilities and National Health Security

    by Glen Mays, PhD, MPH

    It doesn’t require deep thinking to appreciate the importance of public health laboratories to national health security. Labs detect disease outbreaks as early and quickly as possible. Labs...

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