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April 2007, Vol 97, No. Supplement_1 | American Journal of Public Health S7-S8
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.109447

EDITORIAL

Ready or Not?

John M. Colmers, MPH

The author is Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, Md.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to John M. Colmers, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 201 West Preston St, 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201-2399 (e-mail: jcolmers@dhmh.state.md.us).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.


   INTRODUCTION
 
It has been more than 5 years since September 11, 2001, and the unsolved anthrax attacks that occurred later that year. Since then, there have been devastating natural disasters in the United States and elsewhere around the world, isolated outbreaks of virulent infectious diseases each with the potential to rapidly spread worldwide, and continued threats of bioterrorism attacks. With all of this as motivation, one would think that governments at all levels and the private sector would be better prepared for the next public health disaster. Yet after all of this attention and after substantial increases in federal, state, and . . . [Full Text]


   FUNDAMENTAL AND EFFECTIVE TOOLS
 

   NOT READY, NOT YET
 

   THE WAY FORWARD
 
Invest in Long-Term Collaborations
Improve Communications
Demonstrate Return on Infrastructure Investment
Continue to Share the Evidence





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