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Annual Preparedness “Reportcard”

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:46-07:00January 15th, 2013|Preparedness|

Every year a group called the Trust for America’s Health puts out a ‘Report Card” regarding what they believe is an assessment of each state’s readiness for a public health emergency. They use various measurements that they can find and grade each state against each other. The implication is that states that do poorly won’t [...]

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2012 State by State Preparedness Report

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:58-07:00October 2nd, 2012|General, Preparedness, Prevention|

Safeguarding the public’s health is more important than ever. Whether the threat is a disease outbreak, environmental hazard or natural disaster, the public health system works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to keep Arizonans safe. Each year, the CDC evaluates state and local public health preparedness programs in a detailed report. This [...]

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