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Arizona Partners in Preparedness are Prepared to Respond to Public Health Emergencies

By Cara Christ|2017-06-20T10:10:49-07:00June 20th, 2017|Preparedness|

Our Bureau of Public Health Emergency Preparedness in partnership with State Emergency Management, Ability360, and independent living advocates joined forces to strengthen disaster readiness for persons with disabilities. The statewide Emergency Preparedness Task Force on Access and Functional Needs held the biannual preparedness summit on June 8 that brought together communities, individuals, and organizations working [...]

Implementing Our Strategic Plan- Prepare for and Respond to Public Health Emergencies

By Will Humble|2012-04-24T08:28:38-07:00April 24th, 2012|Preparedness|

Over the past several months our Public Health Emergency Preparedness team has been integrating 2 big federal disaster preparedness grants- the Public Health Emergency Preparedness program from the CDC and the Hospital Preparedness Program from HHS. The initiative involves coordinating emergency planning between healthcare facilities, local public health departments, emergency management agencies, tribal partners and [...]

Public Health Preparedness Milestone

By azdhs-admin|2012-02-07T15:18:14-07:00February 7th, 2012|Preparedness|

Back in 2008 we set the ambitious goal of becoming a “Public Health Ready” state- and we’ve worked hard over the last 3 years or so to accomplish our goal. We made it last month- and Arizona became one of only a couple of states to have all county health departments recognized by Project Public [...]