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Public Health Preparedness & Response

Facts & Figures

In response to the deadly events of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent anthrax attacks, the Public Health Preparedness and Response Branch (PHP&R) was created in 2002. Since its development, PHP&R has coordinated North Carolina's public health response to public health crises and supported local health departments/districts in incidents such as West Nile virus, the H1N1 influenza pandemic, SARS, Ebola, Zika, bacterial contamination of food by E. coli, C. botulinum and Salmonella, numerous hurricanes and even the potential threat from radiation released by the tsunami-damaged nuclear complex in Japan.

North Carolina Maps

• PHP&R Regions
• NC Floodplain Mapping Program: Floodplains
• NC DPS: Hazardous Materials Regional Response Teams Primary Response Area Boundaries

Reports

• CDC: Notes from the Field: Mortality Associated with Hurricane Matthew — United States, October 2016
• Radiation and Nuclear Power Plants Information and Reports
• Public Health Assessments of Hazardous Sites by County - Status updates and summary reports of assessments conducted by the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch.
• Public Health Practices: North Carolina Public Health Practices Enhancing Emergency Preparedness and Response - An overview of North Carolina PHP&R efforts studied by Public Health Practices, a joint project of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, in partnership with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO).
• NCPERRC: Research Brief: How the Hospital-Based Epidemiologist Program Helps Local Health Departments - February 2011 (North Carolina Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center)
• CDC: Intent to Receive Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent and Seasonal Influenza Vaccines - Two Counties, North Carolina, August 2009 (Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report)
• CDC: Rapid Community Health and Needs Assessments After Hurricanes Isabel and Charley - North Carolina, 2003-2004 (Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report)