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Article: Influenza Pandemic: Federal Agencies Should Continue to Assist States to Address Gaps in Pandemic Planning.
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- General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
- Article date:
- August 1, 2008
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GAO-08-539 June 19, 2008
The Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza states that in an influenza pandemic, the primary response will come from states and localities. To assist them with pandemic planning and exercising, Congress has provided $600 million to states and certain localities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established five federal influenza pandemic regions to work with states to coordinate planning and response efforts. GAO was asked to (1) describe how selected states and localities are planning for an influenza pandemic and who they involved, (2) describe the extent to which selected states and localities ...
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