WEBTREATS: Disaster Preparedness

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Please also refer to the WEBTREAT on  Disease Outbreaks  for related links.

American College of Physicians - Bioterrorism and Disaster Preparedness

American Academy of Pediatrics- Children and Disasters

American Hospital Association - Emergency Readiness

American Medical Association - AMA Center for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response

American Red Cross 

Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): 

National Center for Environmental Health

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases 

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases     

CDC - Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response 

Department of Energy (DOE)

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 

DisasterAssistance.gov

Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association

Doctors for Disaster Preparedness

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 

FEMA: Are You Ready: A Guide to Citizen Preparedness 

Food and Drug Administration – Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) 

CDER Drug Preparedness and Response to Bioterrorism 

National Library of Medicine (NLM) 

MEDLINEplus Health Information - Disaster Preparation and Recovery 

NLM - Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders