June 20, 2017
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Produced by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, this evidence-informed checklist outlines action steps for medical and public health authorities, in partnership with nongovernmental organizations and private industry, to assess and strengthen the resilience of their community's health sector in the face of Ebola or other high-consequence infectious diseases.
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Public Health & Healthcare Preparedness
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NEWS
Six People Have Resigned from Trump's HIV/AIDS Advisory Council Because He "Doesn't Care."
"As advocates for people living with HIV, we have dedicated our lives to combating this disease and no longer feel we can do so effectively within the confines of an advisory body to a president who simply does not care," they wrote. "The Trump Administration has no strategy to address the on-going HIV/AIDS epidemic, seeks zero input from experts to formulate HIV policy, and-most concerning-pushes legislation that will harm people living with HIV and halt or reverse important gains made in the fight against this disease."
(BuzzFeed, 6/17/17)
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COMMENTARY
President's Budget Would Leave US More Vulnerable to Global Health Security Threats.
Tom Inglesby, Anita Cicero, and Jennifer Nuzzo of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security describe how federal global health programs have saved millions of lives and are building the capabilities that are needed for early warning of and rapid response to major new epidemics. Congress should recognize the extraordinary benefits these programs bring to security, health and US diplomacy and should provide steady funding for them, at minimum consistent with FY17 level of support.
(Baltimore Sun, 6/16/17)
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Rural Health Opioid Program.
This announcement solicits applications for the Rural Health Opioid Program (RHOP). The purpose of RHOP is to promote rural health care services outreach by expanding the delivery of opioid related health care services to rural communities. The program will reduce the morbidity and mortality related to opioid overdoses in rural communities through the development of broad community consortiums to prepare individuals with opioid-use disorder (OUD) to start treatment, implement care coordination practices to organize patient care activities.
(Grants.gov, 6/15/17)
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BLOG
A Navigation Tool for the Emergency and Acute Care System.
The proliferation of options better match patients' unique care needs, but also means that patients must learn to find their way through a more complex system. To navigate that system, it is easiest to think of the different options for emergency and acute care on a spectrum. On one end, convenience and low cost are prioritized. As you move to the other end, the care options gain capabilities, lose convenience, and cost increases.
(ASPR, 6/15/17)
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Delta Region Community Health Systems Development.
This announcement solicits applications for the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Cooperative Agreement. The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to enhance health care delivery in the Delta Region through intensive technical assistance to providers in select rural communities, including Critical Access Hospitals, small rural hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, and other healthcare organizations.
(Grants.gov, 6/14/17)
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BLOG
Serving Through the Storm: Choosing the Right Service Organization. There are many different service organizations that help people and communities stay healthy, strong and resilient as they face what may be some of their worst days. The Medical Reserve Corps, Community Emergency Response Teams, and the National Disaster Medical System offer three very different ways to make a difference. (ASPR, 6/14/17)
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TRAINING
Outbreak Response and the Leadership Needed to Manage It.
Through a contract with CDC, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America has created the multi-faceted Outbreak Response Training Program (ORTP) to address this need. The ORTP includes in-person training meetings, online simulation exercises, an upcoming expert guidance document and companion tool kits, and a webinar series.
(CDC, 6/13/17)
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| VIDEO
Preventing a Pandemic. Anthony Fauci (Director, NIAID), Vanessa Kerry (CEO, Seed Global Health), and Jeffrey Goldberg (Editor-in-Chief, The Atlantic) discuss the strategies required to mitigate a pandemic. (The Atlantic, 6/13/17) |
GUIDANCE
Updated CDC Travel Health Book Now Online.
CDC's 2018 Yellow Book, the definitive guide for healthy international travel, is now available for free online and for order in hard copy. The 2018 edition features significant revisions, updates to important travel health recommendations, new sections, and a fresh design that makes the guide easier to read.
(CDC, 6/12/17)
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NOTICE
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.
The Committee is charged with providing advice and guidance to the Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), the Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), the Director, CDC, the Secretary, Health and Human Services regarding (1) the practice of healthcare infection prevention and control; (2) strategies for surveillance, prevention, and control of infections, antimicrobial resistance, and related events in settings where healthcare is provided; and (3) periodic updating of CDC guidelines and other policy statements regarding prevention of healthcare-associated infections and healthcare-related conditions.
(Federal Register, 6/12/17)
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WORKSHOP
Developing Rabies Monoclonal Antibody Products as a Component of Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis.
This workshop pertains to the development of rabies monoclonal antibody products to be used in conjunction with licensed rabies vaccine as part of a rabies post-exposure prophylaxis regimen. This public workshop is intended to provide information for and gain perspective from health care providers, other US Government Agencies, academic experts, industry, and other stakeholders on various aspects of development efforts pertaining to animal models, laboratory assays, and clinical trials. The workshop will take place on Monday, July 17, 2017, 8:30 AM-5 PM EST, in Silver Spring, MD. Registration is required.
(FDA, 6/7/17)
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REPORT
Pandemic Influenza Plan: 2017 Update.
CDC issues this 2017 Update to the HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan with the aim of highlighting and building upon the successes of the last decade, and making clear the additional efforts that are needed to improve pandemic preparedness. These efforts are described in the seven domains that form the basis for this update.
(CDC, 6/17)
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| MEETING
Ebola, Zika, and AR: Leveraging Diagnostics to Fight Emerging Infectious Disease Threats. Please join CDC and AdvaMedDx for a panel discussion on how diagnostic tests and molecular based sequencing are responding to emerging infectious threats. The event will take place on June 29, 2017 from 12:30-5 PM EST at the Rayburn House Office Building (2044) in Washington, DC. Registration is required. (Global Health Council, 6/17) |
REPORT
CDC Center for Global Health: Top 10 Global Health Priorities.
With the increasing frequency of international travel, the globalization of food supplies and medicine, and a rapidly expanding world population, it is more important than ever for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Global Health, to work 24/7 around the world to stop disease threats before they reach American borders.
(CDC, 6/17)
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Homeland Security & Disaster Preparedness
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Science & Technology Policy
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NEWS
The White House Tech Summit Tackles a Sprawling Agenda.
Tech leaders were given a 10-page agenda to review in advance of the meeting. They'll discuss how to use technology to modernize government services; how to cut government cost by making government infrastructure more efficient; how to make government technology more secure against cyber attacks; and, of course, immigration.
(Wired, 6/19/17)
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BLOG
Fostering Medical Innovation: A Plan for Digital Health Devices.
It is incumbent upon FDA to ensure that we have the right policies in place to promote and encourage safe and effective innovation that can benefit consumers, and adopt regulatory approaches to enable the efficient development of these technologies. By taking an efficient, risk-based approach to our regulation, FDA can promote health through the creation of more new and beneficial medical technologies.
(FDA, 6/15/17)
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Creation and Implementation of the National Evaluation System for Health Technology Coordinating Center.
In recognizing the scope of the issues related to the understanding of medical devices, FDA has proposed formation of a multi-stakeholder public-private partnership National Evaluation System for health Technology (NEST). NEST is envisioned as a network of partners including patients, healthcare practitioners, healthcare facilities, payers, medical device manufacturers, researchers, and federal agencies all of whom generate, analyze, interpret and apply findings from data generated in the "real world" to critical issues related to the understanding of medical devices and their impact on patients.
(Grants.gov, 6/14/17)
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BLOG
The Importance of Research Ethics to Native Communities.
"I began to understand that American Indians and Alaska Natives have a much more community-focused culture and that we, at NIH, had to make our research ethics coursework relevant to them," said Dr. Sarah Hull, a faculty member at the NIH Clinical Center's Department of Bioethics and Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute's bioethics core. "We couldn't just say, 'here's how we do it in the federal government.'"
(Department of Health & Human Services, 6/8/17)
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NEWS
A Tour of the Government's "Nerd Labs."
Across the country, Washington funds a network of advanced-sometimes secret, often underappreciated-government laboratories dedicated to blue-sky, "what-the-hell" research at the frontiers of science and technology. Many have played central roles in developing the basic protocols or ideas later commercialized by the private sector-technologies that are now part of daily life, from low-fat mozzarella and insect repellent to GPS and the Internet itself.
(Politico, 6/8/17)
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Commissioner's Fellowship Program.
FDA invites outstanding health care professionals, scientists, and engineers to apply to its two-year Fellowship Program, where they will receive regulatory science training and the chance to conduct cutting-edge research on targeted scientific, policy, or regulatory issues under the mentorship of an FDA senior scientist. Applications will be accepted between June 7, 2017 and July 7, 2017.
(FDA, 6/6/17)
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The World Health Organization and Pandemic Protection in a Globalized World. US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy. 6/20/2017, 2:30 PM. Dirksen 419.
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