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DEPR is looking to form a planning work group consisting of DEPR staff, LHD EPCs, and tribal health partners. If you would like to be part of this planning group, please send an email to Mary Macqueen (copy your regional point of contact) no later than September 26, 2022.
The Pink Book Web-on-Demand Series Update on Varicella is now live. Andrew Kroger, MD, MPH, Medical Officer, Communications and Education Branch (CEB), Immunization Services Division (ISD), National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) provides an update on this vaccine-preventable disease and the vaccine used to protect against it. Suzanne Johnson-DeLeon moderates this session.
There is no registration process to view this presentation. Questions about the material presented can be submitted to nipinfo@cdc.gov.
A new video will be released every Tuesday through November 1, 2022. Join us on September 27th for the Hepatitis B presentation.
Please visit the Pink Book Series webpage for the 2022 release schedule and additional information. Continuing Education will be available for this event.
In honor of National Preparedness Month, the ASPR-TRACIE team would like to share the following resources:
• Natural Disasters Topic Collection (be sure to check out the sections on floods, hurricanes, wildfires, and extreme temperature events)
• Utility Failures Topic Collection
• Climate Change and Healthcare System Considerations Topic Collection, Report Summary, and Webinar
• Chemical/Biological/Radiological/Nuclear Resources Page
• The Disaster Available Supplies in Hospitals (DASH) Tool
• Healthcare Provider Shortages-Resources and Strategies for Meeting Demand
The World Health Organization (WHO) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Community Exchange will present a webinar on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at 10 a.m. EDT on how CDC is addressing health inequities by strengthening antibiotic stewardship. The webinar will include experts from CDC, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, and Emory University School of Medicine.
Health disparities are closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantages, or other characteristics historically linked to discrimination or exclusion. These disparities can be created or exacerbated in areas with fewer resources to allocate to antibiotic stewardship activities, increasing the likelihood of developing side effects or adverse events, such as Clostridioides difficile infection, and contributing to antimicrobial resistance.
Register today to hear how CDC is working to improve quality of care and equity in healthcare settings and communities across the United States through antibiotic stewardship.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ASTDR) has introduced the Environmental Justice Index (EJI). The EJI uses data from the US Census Bureau, Environmental Protection Agency, Mine Safety and Health Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to rank the cumulative impacts of environmental injustice on health for every census tract. The EJI delivers a single environmental justice score for each community so that public health officials can identify and map areas at risk for the health impacts of environmental burden. View the resource.
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