sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
Date: August 30, 2007
For Release: Immediately
Contact: HHS Press Office
(202) 690-6343
Headline: HHS Announces $75 Million In Supplemental Funding To States
For Pandemic Flu Preparedness
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced that the Department is making
available another $75 million to states, territories and four
metropolitan areas to help strengthen their capacity to respond to a
pandemic influenza outbreak.
"The additional funding will provide our nation's health care community
with a means to continue planning, training and acquiring needed
equipment for an effective pandemic response," Secretary Leavitt said.
"It will also help keep the momentum we have generated over the past
year in this important public health area."
The supplemental funding will be used to:
* Establish or enhance stockpiles of critical medical equipment
and supplies;
* Continue development of plans for maintenance, distribution and
sharing of those resources;
* Plan for and develop pandemic alternate care sites; and
* Conduct medical surge exercises.
The one-time pandemic influenza response planning grants will supplement
the $430 million HHS announced on June 28, 2007, to strengthen the
ability of hospitals and other health care facilities to respond to
bioterror attacks, infectious diseases, and natural disasters that may
cause mass casualties. Amounts for each jurisdiction is available at:
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2007pres/08/pr20070830a.html.
More information on state and local funding allocations is available at
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/news/allocation.html. More information on
pandemic flu preparedness efforts is online at www.pandemicflu.gov.
For Release: Immediately
Contact: HHS Press Office
(202) 690-6343
Headline: HHS Announces $75 Million In Supplemental Funding To States
For Pandemic Flu Preparedness
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced that the Department is making
available another $75 million to states, territories and four
metropolitan areas to help strengthen their capacity to respond to a
pandemic influenza outbreak.
"The additional funding will provide our nation's health care community
with a means to continue planning, training and acquiring needed
equipment for an effective pandemic response," Secretary Leavitt said.
"It will also help keep the momentum we have generated over the past
year in this important public health area."
The supplemental funding will be used to:
* Establish or enhance stockpiles of critical medical equipment
and supplies;
* Continue development of plans for maintenance, distribution and
sharing of those resources;
* Plan for and develop pandemic alternate care sites; and
* Conduct medical surge exercises.
The one-time pandemic influenza response planning grants will supplement
the $430 million HHS announced on June 28, 2007, to strengthen the
ability of hospitals and other health care facilities to respond to
bioterror attacks, infectious diseases, and natural disasters that may
cause mass casualties. Amounts for each jurisdiction is available at:
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2007pres/08/pr20070830a.html.
More information on state and local funding allocations is available at
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/news/allocation.html. More information on
pandemic flu preparedness efforts is online at www.pandemicflu.gov.