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July 20, 2023

Future Meetings

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Resources

GHA Coronavirus Information

COVID-19 information and resources.

Ebola

The Department of Public Health (DPH) offers answers to your Ebola questions.

State Epidemiologist

24-hour access to a State Epidemiologist: 1-866-PUB-HLTH.

CDC Information

Visit www.cdc.gov to stay up to date on current information.

Disaster Mental Health

The Georgia Disaster Mental Health website addresses the mental health components of disasters.

Georgia Crisis and Access Line (GCAL) Visit to access behavioral health services.

SAMHSA: Preventing Suicide

Visit the suicide prevention resource page.

Georgia Project Firstline

What is IPCEE? Georgia Project Firstline has an experienced infection preventionist in each health care coalition region. These Infection Prevention and Control Education Experts, also known as IPCEE, are helping individuals who work in infection prevention succeed in their role.

Statement by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Launch of 988

“Today we celebrate the one-year anniversary of the launch of 988, the three-digit Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, where Americans can connect with trained counselors who will listen and offer real help in times of crisis. "  

COVID-19 Metrics See First Increase Since January: CDC

COVID-19 indicators have started to show a small uptick nationally for the first time since January, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

FDA Approves New Drug to Prevent RSV in Babies and Toddlers

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Beyfortus for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in neonates and infants born during or entering their first RSV season. The vaccine, manufactured by AstraZeneca and Sanofi, is also approved for children up to 24 months of age who are vulnerable to severe RSV disease through their second RSV season.

NEWSLETTERS

ASPR TRACIE The Express - June 2023

ASPR TRACIE The Exchange - Issue 17

Disaster Mental Health Bulletin - July 2023

CIS Community Bulletin- July/Aug 2023

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Daily Digest Bulletin - July 2023

ASPR Healthcare Readiness Bulletin - July 19

NGHD Emergency Preparedness Newsletter- July 2023

Keystone Health Preparedness Digest- July 15

Georgia Weekly Influenza Report - Week 27

HHS Office of IEA COVID-19 Update - July 13

MESH Weekly Situational Awareness Brief - July 14

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - July 14

News & Notes - July 14

EDUCATION

Emergency Preparedness Systems Training:

Everbridge Training

GHC911 Training

July

Georgia Disaster Behavioral Health Field Response Training

July 27

November
National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference

Nov. 28-30

RESOURCES AND REMINDERS

Georgia Hurricane Response Hub

The Georgia Hurricane Response Hub has trainings and resources to help public health and health care professionals with their hurricane and disaster response duties.

Reminder: Identify, Isolate and Inform!

Identify, Isolate and Inform: It is important to continue to ask travel questions. The purpose of this notice is to remind health care providers about actions to take in Georgia when evaluating patients for possible serious communicable diseases!

Travel Clinical Assistant (TCA)

The Travel Clinical Assistant provides post-travel clinical information on travel-related diseases for 231 countries. Diseases with recent outbreaks occurring in the last two years are listed first.

ONLINE PREPAREDNESS TOOLS and

TIPS & TRICKS

GHC911

Go to the GHC911 homepage.

WebEOC

Add your facility to WebEOC.

Everbridge

Sign up for an Everbridge account

Accessing Tech Support

Selelia Williams is GHA's Emergency Preparedness Communications Manager. Contact her at swilliams@gha.org, 770-249-4506 (office) or 404-200-5829 (cell).

If you need to reach GHA for a Disaster/Emergency Preparedness-related issue after hours, please contact  Mallory Garrett, 706-934-0711.

The Disaster Readiness Line Newsletter is circulated by Georgia's Healthcare Coalitions to our emergency preparedness partners.

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