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August 3, 2023

Hospital Net Reminder for Ham Radio Operators

This month’s Georgia Hospital Net will be conducted this Sunday, Aug. 6. All operators are encouraged to participate.

Future Meetings

See all GHA meetings.

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

“Brain-eating amoeba.” Learn about rare infections such as Naegleria flowleri. This amoeba lives in soil and warm bodies of fresh water, especially during the summer. It is naturally occurring and DPH recently announced that a Georgia resident died from this rare brain infection.

Biden Administration Announces Launch of HHS Office Focused on Long Covid Research

A new office has been formed within the US Department of Health and Human Services to lead the nation’s response to the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Fast-Spreading New COVID-19 Subvariant XBB Is Part of a ‘New Class’ of Omicron

The variant was first detected in August 2022 in India, and has been detected in more than 17 countries since then, including Australia, Bangladesh, Denmark, India, Japan and the U.S.

PSA: 988 Suicide & Crisis lifeline

GHA's latest PSA, airing on Georgia radio stations for the month of August, reminds listeners of the important resource of the 988 Suicide & Crisis lifeline. There is also mention of the MyGCAL app for text and chat assistance, as well as the Georgia-specific website 988ga.org.

Allergy Caused by Tick Bites on the Rise, but Clinicians in the Dark

Today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, authors from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describe alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a growing tick bite-associated allergy to mammal meat and milk.

Georgia Resident Dies from Rare Brain Infection, Naegleria Fowleri Confirmed as Cause

A Georgia resident has died from Naegleria fowleri infection, a rare infection which destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and usually death. The individual was likely infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond in Georgia.

NEWSLETTERS

ASPR TRACIE The Express - July 2023

ASPR TRACIE The Exchange - Issue 17

CISA Community Bulletin- August 2023

Disaster Mental Health Bulletin - August 2023

NACCHO Preparedness Brief Digest- July 2023

NGHD Emergency Preparedness Newsletter- July 2023

ASPR Healthcare Readiness Bulletin - July 24

Georgia Weekly Influenza Report - Week 29

HHS Office of IEA COVID-19 Update - July 26

MESH Weekly Situational Awareness Brief - July 28

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - July 28

News & Notes - July 28

EDUCATION

Emergency Preparedness Systems Training:

Everbridge Training

GHC911 Training

August

GHPCO Mini Conference

Aug. 21-22

November
National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference

Nov. 28-30

Preparedness Summit- Call for abstracts open until September

Mar. 24-28, 2024

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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