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Keeping community first in WNC after Hurricane Helene

UNC Epidemiology Blog

The Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI) was one of the organizations to partner with the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition (NCBfC) Support and Advocacy for Infant Feeding in Emergencies Team (SAFE Team) to support local experts with lactation, infant feeding, and birthing care in response and recovery efforts.

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Emergency Response Team: Roles and Responsibilities

Tulane Public Health Blog

Communities may not be able to predict disasters, but they can prepare for them. As an integral part of disaster management efforts, emergency response teams work to educate and train community members in preparation for disasters and other emergency events, and to manage the response when they occur.

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Resource: Strengthening Indigenous America: Building Resilience Through Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief

Rural Health Information Hub

Summarizes key concepts from a July 2024 workshop that explored how to support the capacity of Indigenous American and tribal communities and nations to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and public health emergencies.

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Podcast from Washington: Shelly Schwedhelm, Executive Director for Emergency Management & Biopreparedness for Nebraska Medicine

The NACCHO Podcast Series

Later in the program, in a nod to National Preparedness Month, Ian Goldstein sits down with Michelle (Shelly) Schwedhelm, executive director for Emergency Management & Biopreparedness at Nebraska Medicine.

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The Importance of Humanitarian Aid Workers

Tulane Public Health Blog

Prospective humanitarian aid workers should learn about the role, explore its responsibilities, and consider the educational opportunities available to those interested in pursuing this career. Working with national and international organizations, they provide essential services to communities that need support.

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ProMED and samdesk enter into a long-term strategic alliance for next-generation global infectious disease early warning detection and monitoring.

ProMED

Samdesk, the fastest crisis detection platform, is proud to announce a first of its kind partnership with the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)’s Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases, better known as ProMED, the leading producer of global infectious disease early warning alerts.

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Frontline health clinics adapt to climate challenges with assistance from a free resource

NC Health News

The tool kit was produced in 2022 through a collaboration between Americares , a nonprofit that provides health-focused aid in response to disasters, and the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Climate change does not affect all of us equally.