Arizona’s public health preparedness – AZ Dept. of Health Services Director's Blog

Arizona is Prepared for Public Health Emergencies

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:01-07:00January 28th, 2016|Preparedness|

Every day our staff works with local public health and healthcare partners to prepare for and respond to all kinds of public health threats. Looking back at 2015, we addressed infectious disease threats like Ebola, measles, chikungunya, and Salmonella; environmental threats like wildfires, monsoons, and floods; and potential health security threats at Superbowl XLIX. This work [...]

Arizona Aces Latest CDC Public Health Preparedness Report Card

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:22-07:00December 18th, 2014|Preparedness|

Every year the CDC evaluates each of the states on their public health preparedness performance. Arizona continued to score high marks on this year’s preparedness report card. We got a perfect score this year for biological laboratory testing, and we’ve kept our excellent performance measures for incident management, medical countermeasures, and public information. Our response [...]