Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness; Luncheon/Release of The Century Foundation Report
Posted on: Tuesday, 4 January 2005, 18:00 CST
News Advisory:
What: Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness; Luncheon/ Release of The Century Foundation Report
When: Thursday, Jan. 13, 2005 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (lunch will be served)
Where: The National Press Club, 14th and F Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Who:
-- Georges Benjamin, executive director, American Public Health Association
-- Ed Thompson, deputy director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
-- Elin Gursky, ANSER Institute for Homeland Security
Moderator:
-- Leif Wellington Haase, Program officer and Health Care fellow, The Century Foundation
RSVP: events(At)tcf.org or Laurie Ahlrich, 212-452-7722
After the anthrax attacks of fall 2001, Congress made the single largest investment in state and local public health capacities since the Second World War. With the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Century Foundation's Working Group on Bioterrorism Preparedness has studied how these funds have been used. What has been done well? What gaps remain? What should be done in the future?
In the project's final report, "Breathing Easier? The Report of The Century Foundation Working Group on Bioterrorism Preparedness" a group of leading public health policy experts and practitioners recommend establishing national standards, bolstering the public health workforce, and building a public health system that can respond both to deliberate attacks and to daily threats to health. As concerns about terrorism, budget priorities, and containment of infectious diseases persist, this report is especially timely.
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The Century Foundation conducts public policy research and analyses of economic, social, and foreign policy issues, including inequality, retirement security, election reform, media studies, homeland security, and international affairs. The foundation produces books, reports, and other publications, convenes task forces and working groups, and operates seven informational Web sites. With offices in New York City and Washington, D.C., The Century Foundation is nonprofit and nonpartisan and was founded in 1919 by Edward A. Filene.
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