Emergency Prep
BEPAST - Center for Biologic Counterterrorism and Emerging Diseases
10/05/06 October 5 Testimony Before The Committee on Health of the Council of the District of Columbia on Emergency Health and Medical Services Administration Funding
11/21/05 References to Masks or N-95 Respirators in the HHS Pandemic Flu Plan
11/10/05
November 7 DCHA
Testimony
before the Committee on the Judiciary of the Council of the District of Columbia
on Emergency Management Agency Oversight
10/24/05 Relenza
(zanamivir) Information
10/24/05 September 17 BEPAST Newsletter
10/24/05 September 15 - HHS Buys Vaccine and Antivirals in Preparation for a Potential Influenza Pandemic
10/28/04 October 25 DCHA Testimony on District of Columbia Emergency Preparedness
04/26/04
April
22 CDC Advisory New
Possible SARS Case Reported in Beijing
03/11/04
February
20, 2004, DC Department of Health Memo Regarding H5N1 Avian Influenza
03/11/04 February 17, 2004, Interim Guidance for Protection of Persons Involved in U.S. Avian Influenza Outbreak Disease Control and Eradication Activities. For more information on Avian Influenza, go to CDC website at www.cdc.gov
03/11/04 WHO Avian Flu Site
10/28/03 D.C. Department of Health issues 10/23/03 Health Advisory and Fact Sheet on Ricin following discovery at the Greenville, SC, Airport Mail Facility (AMF)
10/17/03
October 6
DCHA Testimony on An
Examination of the District of Columbia Government’s Utilization of
01/13/03 D.C. Department of Health 1/10/03 Health Information Update #1 Conference Call Held to Discuss Recent Illegal Production of Ricin in the UK
11/15/02 D.C. Department of Health Advisory #1 Recent Report of Hospital Threat
11/07/02 October 28 DCHA Testimony at Joint Public Hearing on the District of Columbia Emergency Preparedness
06/10/02 DCHA Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards Committee on Science of the U. S. House of Representatives: Hospitals Preparedness for Bioterrorism Attacks
01/24/02 DC Hospital Association's Testimony on Bill 14-373, Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001
10/17/01 - 11/18/01 Anthrax Health Alerts and Advisories
Other Resources
DCHA Mutual Aid Memorandum of Understanding
Structure of the Department of Homeland Security
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' Planning Guidance for the Health System Response to a Bioevent in the National Capital Region