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Nominations are still open for the Hometown Health Hero award. The Hometown Health Hero award is presented to individuals and/or organizations that have made significant and measurable contributions to preserve and/or improve their community’s health.
Community leaders, organizations, and individuals are doing great things to improve the health of their communities and to increase equity in health. The Partnership wants to recognize those accomplishments, but we need your help. You know your community best. What health improvements are happening in your community that we can potentially recognize with this award? To help you answer that question, look at those who have received this award in the past. The only way for someone to receive the award is to be nominated. Submit the nomination form by email or fax no later than February 10. Awardees are selected from nominations received by the deadline.
Awards will be presented at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 11, in the new Heritage Hall of the State Capitol Building.
The BP4 work plan for tribal partners was updated on January 30, 2023, to include Capability 14 – Responder Safety and Health in the action planning document in Appendix 2. The updated plan can be found on the MIHAN at the following path: Documents -> Local Health -> EPC General -> PHEP FY 2022-2023 BP4 -> Tribal Work Plan for BP4 v.2.2.
On January 26, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Evusheld (tixagevimab co-packaged with cilgavimab) to limit its use to when the combined frequency of non-susceptible SARS-CoV-2 variants nationally is less than or equal to 90%. Based on this revision, Evusheld is not currently authorized for use in the U.S. until further notice by the Agency. See the FDA website for the full announcement.
The mid-year progress report surveys for LHDs and tribes were due on January 31, 2023, along with AAR/Ips for any exercises conducted in Quarter 1 (Q1). As of today, 39 LHDs and 6 tribes have completed the mid-year progress report. The surveys will close on February 10, 2023, at Noon. Please make sure you have completed this deliverable before they close.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community will be hosting an ICS-300 Course February 24 – 26, 2023, and an ICS-400 course March 17 – 18, 2023. Consult the flyer for each course for more information and registration instructions. Each course is limited to 24 students.
CDC’s next PHEP Connects webinar, “PHEP Connects Legal Preparedness Series, Part I: the Past, Present, and Future of Legal and Administrative Preparedness,” is scheduled for 1:00 pm (EST) on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. Presenters will provide an overview of legal and administrative preparedness principles for public health emergencies and explore the tools and training resources currently available to health departments. Speakers will also discuss how recent emergencies and developments in the legal landscape may change how preparedness planners address these challenges in future responses. In preparation for an administrative preparedness town hall session at the 2023 NACCHO Preparedness Summit, the presenters will invite webinar participants to share innovative strategies they have deployed to overcome legal and administrative barriers to response over the past three years.
Participant Information
Dial-In: (669) 254-5252 (Audio only)
Meeting ID: 161 241 1865
Passcode: 569595
Web Access Link: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1612411865
On January 24, 2023, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky announced that as part of the CDC Moving Forward initiative CDC’s Center for Preparedness and Response (CPR) will be renamed the Office of Readiness and Response. This will create a centralized office to promote accountability and excellence for all the agency’s readiness and response efforts. The Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics will report to the director of this new office.
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) will convene a public workshop, March 1-2, titled, “Personal Protective Equipment and Personal Protective Technology Product Standardization for a Resilient Public Health Supply Chain”. This 2-day workshop will examine standards gaps related to personal protective equipment (PPE) and personal protective technology (PPT). The event will explore innovative approaches and technologies needed to update and streamline the U.S. standardization system for PPE and PPT in support of supply chain resiliency. The event will be held virtually and accessible via webinar. Go to the event page to find out more information and to register.
The US Environmental Protection Agency is sponsoring two webinars that may be of interest to LHDs:
Thursday, February 9, 2023, 3:00 to 4:00 pm ET
Climate Change Adaptation Resource Center (ARC-X)
The EPA’s Climate Change Adaptation Resource Center (ARC-X) is an innovative system designed to help all 40,000 communities across the US anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The ARC-X is unlike any other resource currently available to the public. Users are given an opportunity to first "self-identify" by indicating the region of the country in which they live and the specific issues of concern to them. The system then provides them with an integrated package of information tailored specifically to their needs, including insights on the implications of climate change for the issues they care about, case studies of how similar communities have successfully adapted, access to adaptation tools to replicate those successes, available training, and information on federal sources of funding. This webinar will provide an overview of ARC-X and how to use it.
Register here: https://usepa.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/...
Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 3:00 to 4:00 pm ET
Data Mapping and Analyses to Identify US Locations with High Lead Exposures
The EPA Lead Strategy and the Federal Lead Action Plan highlight the need for a whole-of-government approach to map, identify, and address high lead exposure locations and disparities. EPA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and CDC recently co-authored a paper in the American Journal of Public Health on the state of the science and federal collaborations regarding lead data mapping. EPA is also developing, evaluating, and applying new mapping and data analysis approaches to help identify communities with high lead exposure risks and contributing sources and recently published an article in Environmental Health Perspectives, in collaboration with federal and state partners. Using Michigan as an initial case study, EPA applied innovative data analyses of available blood lead and other data at the census tract level to identify locations with high prevalence of children's elevated blood lead levels. This work will help EPA continue to advance its data analysis and mapping science for lead so that states and communities have the information needed to target and prioritize actions to reduce, prevent, and mitigate lead exposure risk.
https://usepa.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/...
The next PHEP Partners meeting will be February 9, 2023, at 1:30 pm (ET). A draft agenda is provided for your convenience.
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