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Engaging the Private-Sector Health Care System in Building Capacity to Respond to Threats to the Public's Health and National Security Proceedings of a Workshop (2018) / Chapter Skim
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7 Final Thoughts
Pages 95-98

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... Rather, much of the nation's ability to protect its health in the face of pandemics, bioterrorism, and other large-scale events relies on public–private partnerships, with the federal government serving the role of convener and the source of some funds that can promote certain kinds of behaviors and activities, Kadlec explained. As Kevin Yeskey stated in the workshop's opening presentation, the coalitions that have been created have demonstrated their effectiveness and shown they can make a tremendous difference in both preparedness and response.
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From page 96...
... He concluded his remarks by asking the participants to contact their representatives and senators to voice their support for the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act. DISCUSSION Lewis Kaplan asked Kadlec how he envisions codifying the interactions between the federal government and the private sector so that information flow is bidirectional as well as dispersed.
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From page 97...
... Working with DoD is a little more challenging, he said, but he has several of his key deputies working with the special operations community at Fort Bragg to create opportunities to train and benefit from their experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq. The thing to remember, though, is that DoD's mission is overseas, not here, but given that, ASPR is trying to help DoD with preparing for the proposed Mission Zero, an amendment to the Public Health Service Act to facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers in times of need.
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