Dispensing medical countermeasures for public health emergencies : workshop summary
Title:
Dispensing medical countermeasures for public health emergencies : workshop summary
JLCTITLE245:
Miriam Davis, Marnina S. Kammersall, and Bruce M. Altevogt, rapporteurs ; Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2008.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 112 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:
9780309120975
9781281847140
9786611847142
9780309178273
Abstract:
On March 3-4, 2008, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events hosted a workshop titled 'Medical Countermeasures Dispensing'. The overall objective was to discuss a range of solutions to rapidly provide medical countermeasures to protect large numbers of people prior to or during a public health emergency, such as a bioterrorist attack or infectious disease outbreak. The United States is currently unprepared to confront the range of threats it is facing, such as an intentional anthrax release, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), or pandemic influenza, and it must plan aggressively to counteract the threat of these and other future public health emergencies. Countermeasure dispensing must harness all types of imaginative partnerships between public and private institutions, working together in ways tailored to meet individual community needs. This workshop summary highlights the presentations and subsequent discussion that occurred at the workshop.
Local Note:
UAF Rasmuson Library Ebook Central subscription access.
UAS/JPL: EBSCO Academic Subscription.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Workshop Summary -- INTRODUCTION -- WORKSHOP DEFINITIONS, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES -- CURRENT CHALLENGES AND THREATS -- CURRENT PLANS AND GAPS REGARDING MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURE DISPENSING -- EMERGING FRAMEWORKS, TECHNOLOGIES, TOOLS, AND INNOVATIONS -- LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR CORPORATIONS AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS -- CONCLUSION -- Appendix A: References -- Appendix B: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix C: Registered Workshop Attendees -- Appendix D: Organizations Represented -- Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of Invited Speakers, Panelists, Workshop Planning Committee, Forum Members, and Staff.
Language:
English.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.