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1 Introduction
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... Hanfling recalled a convening in 2009 that occurred at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine around developing a systems framework for crisis standards of care, which has become a critical component of response over the last 2 years. What was highlighted at that time was the duty to plan, he said, and that planners had the responsibility to plan for a catastrophic emergency.
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... .1 The main goals were to consider opportunities for more effective planning for, and response to, catastrophic disasters, pandemics, and other large-scale public health emergency planning at the federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial levels. Using key components of past National Academies reports to frame workshop discussions, participants examined specific lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and explored potential paths forward.
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... to frame workshop discussions, participants will examine specific lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and explore ­potential paths forward. Specifically, the workshop will examine weaknesses and opportunities in the PHE's systems architecture, including but not limited to the following: • Global disease surveillance • Health care delivery and core public health functions • Supply chain viability and vulnerabilities • Medical countermeasure (MCM)


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