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Public Health Preparedness

"Preparedness is a process, not a destination," states the author of one of the papers in this special issue of Health Affairs. Indeed, public health preparedness in the United States has a long history of flow/reaction/action, taking various twists and turns as the unknown unfolds. Preparedness increasingly has become a priority alongside public health’s other, more traditional priorities. For instance, the Centers for Public Health Preparedness (CPHP) program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was initiated in 2000 to strengthen preparedness for terrorism and emergencies by linking academic expertise to state and local health agencies. And the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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