BP10 Public Health Emergency Preparedness Grant Update

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BP10 Public Health Emergency Preparedness Grant
Update

• Health Medical Subpanel
• Pandemic Influenza Advisory Committee Meeting
• January 12, 2010
• Mark J. Levine, MD, MPH

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Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP)
Funding
Funding Year/ Funding Category 2009 - 2010
Base 14,024,882
Chemical Lab 913,961
Cities Readiness Initiative 1,675,130

TOTAL 16,613,973
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PHEP Activities

• 3 Priority Work Projects
• Continue Epidemiological Surveillance
• Continue pursuit of Public Health Ready
  Designation Statewide
• Continue Laboratory capacity for timely specimen
  testing an identification
• Continue Compliance with Emergency Systems for
  Advance Registration of Volunteer Health
  Professional guidelines (ESAR-VHP)
• Continue addressing emergency preparedness needs
  of the elderly and focus on all needs planning

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PHEP Activities (cont)

• Continue development of Mass Prophylaxis and
  Countermeasure Distribution and Dispensing
  Operations
• Continue Countermeasure and Response
  Administration (CRA) System Data Collection
  Project
• Continue Level 1 Chemical Laboratory Surge
  Capacity Activities

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Public Health Emergency Response (PHER) Funding
for H1N1
Public Health Phase I 6,538,072
Public Health Phase II 5,624,014
Public Health Phase III 20,520,344
Sub-total 32,682,430
Public Health Phase IV 12,573,214
Hospital (HPP Suppl.) 2,259,231
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PHER Activities

• Phase I - Two Focus Areas
• Planning for mass vaccination, antiviral
  Distribution/Dispensing and Administration
• Expand and sustain laboratory, epidemiology,
  surveillance
• Phase II Accelerate mass vaccination planning
• Phase III Implementation of mass vaccination
  plan
• Phase IV Continue mass vaccination plan with
  focus on underserved and vulnerable populations
• HPP Medical surge capacity planning throughout
  healthcare system

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Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Funding

• Budget Period
• August 9, 2009 June 30, 2010
• 8,857,019
• Project Period
• Three years

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Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Activities

• All hazards preparedness planning and improvement
• Increasing healthcare systems bed capabilities
• Engaging other responders through interoperable
  communication systems
• Tracking bed and resource availability using
  electronic systems
• Developing ESAR-VHP systems
• Protecting healthcare workers with proper
  equipment

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Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Activities

• Enabling preparedness partnerships/coalitions
• Educating and training healthcare workers
• Enhancing fatality management and healthcare
  system evacuation/shelter in place plans
• Coordinating preparedness regional exercises