Governor’s Council on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response

Infectious Disease Preparedness & Response

By |2017-02-10T09:49:21-07:00December 31st, 2014|General|

The Ebola virus, influenza, enterovirus, tuberculosis, and other emerging infectious diseases posed key public health challenges in Arizona during 2014, sparking important interventions.  In October the Governor issued an Executive Order establishing the Council on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response to develop and implement a coordinated plan to ensure Arizona’s public health infrastructure is prepared [...]

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This Week’s Ebola Preparedness Work

By |2017-02-10T09:49:27-07:00November 3rd, 2014|Preparedness|

We held our first Governor’s Council on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response meeting late last week.  The Council outlined 2 priorities…identifying a hospital or hospitals in Arizona that would be responsible for treating any Ebola patient, and improving outreach to physicians across the state to ensure that they have the information needed to effectively identify [...]

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