Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

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The Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response is a division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responsible for coordinating national efforts to prepare for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies and disasters.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf office of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
public health agency division
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal government
collaboratesWith federal emergency management agencies
hospitals and healthcare systems
international public health organizations
law enforcement agencies
local health departments
state health departments
country United States
fieldOfWork bioterrorism preparedness
disaster response
emergency management
pandemic preparedness
public health emergency response
public health preparedness
hasObjective enhance coordination among public health partners during emergencies
ensure rapid deployment of medical countermeasures
improve readiness for large-scale health emergencies
strengthen national capacity to respond to public health threats
hasResponsibility conduct emergency preparedness exercises and drills
coordinate CDC response to bioterrorism events
coordinate CDC response to chemical incidents
coordinate CDC response to disease outbreaks
coordinate CDC response to natural disasters
coordinate CDC response to radiological incidents
coordinate national efforts to prepare for public health emergencies
coordinate national recovery from public health emergencies
coordinate national response to public health emergencies
develop public health emergency preparedness plans
maintain national stockpiles of medical countermeasures
manage CDC emergency operations center
support state and local health departments in emergencies
headquartersLocation Atlanta, Georgia
CDC Roybal Campus
jurisdiction national public health emergencies in the United States
oversees Strategic National Stockpile
parentOrganization Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
partOf Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. public health emergency preparedness system
sector public health
shortName OPHPR
usesProgram CDC Emergency Operations Center
Strategic National Stockpile program
website https://www.cdc.gov/phpr

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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