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Aug. 17, 2023

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

August is National Immunization Awareness Month. It highlights the importance of routine vaccination for people of all ages. Engage staff in learning opportunities with the CDC Immunization Courses and CDC Project Firstline.

COVID Hospitalizations Accelerate for Fourth Straight Week

A total of 10,320 patients in the U.S. were newly hospitalized with COVID-19 for the week ending Aug. 5, according to the figures published Monday, an increase of 14.3% from the week before.

'This Isn't Normal,' NASA Says in Announcing July as Hottest Month on Record

July was the hottest month on record in 143 years, as Americans felt "the effects of the climate crisis," scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York announced Monday.

At Least 106 People Were Killed in Maui’s Wildfires, Officials Say

The death toll in the Maui wildfires has risen to 106, Maui County officials said Tuesday, a week after the flames started sweeping through parts of the Hawaiian island. The update on the death toll – up from 99 a day before – came as authorities said only five of the dead had been identified.

NEWSLETTERS

ASPR TRACIE The Exchange - Issue 17

CISA Community Bulletin- August 2023

Disaster Mental Health Bulletin - August 2023

ASPR Healthcare Readiness Bulletin - Aug. 14

Georgia Weekly Influenza Report - Week 31

HHS Office of IEA COVID-19 Update - July 26

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - Aug. 11

News & Notes - Aug. 11

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

March 24-28, 2024

RESOURCES AND REMINDERS

Assistance for Victims of Maui Wildfires

In the wake of the devastating Maui wildfires, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii shared organizations that are assisting with disbursing monetary donations and assisting those affected by the fires, including hospital workers.

• Hawaii Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund

• Maui Food Bank

• Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Foundation Business Relief Fund

• Aloha United Way Maui Fire Relief Fund

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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