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The State Emergency Operation Center (SEOC) and MDHHS Community Health Emergency Coordination Center (CHECC) have been activated for the current Parchment PFAS Contamination-Water Contamination response. Updates and information regarding the response are available on MICIMS – incident “2018-07-26-Parchment PFAS Contamination-Water Contamination / Shortage” and www.mi.gov/pfasresponse.
The August 9, 2018 EPC call has been cancelled in lieu of an upcoming statewide PFAS call that will be announced later this month.
CDC will present its next Second Wednesday Webinar from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT on August 8, 2018. August’s presentation will cover planning considerations for working with refugees in the community and will feature a speaker from the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Louisville’s Global Health Center.
Registration is not required to join the August 8 webinar via Adobe Connect. To listen to the audio portion via a phone line, dial 888-455-3007 and enter participant passcode 4330935. Continuing education (CE) credit is available for this webinar; more information on obtaining CE units can be found at https://tceols.cdc.gov/Home/Steps. For more information on the Second Wednesday Webinar series, contact preparedness@cdc.gov.
The DEPR PHEP Section Secretary 9 position has been posted online. The posting closes on August 6, 2018.
Clarrisa Boggs-Blake has resigned as the EPC at the Barry-Eaton District Health Department. The new EPC is Eileen Thompson. Eileen can be reached at ethompson@bedhd.org.
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