With the growing threat of a pandemic, Public Health Departments must take action to proactively develop plans to deal with the threat of a pandemic. With the creation of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza in 2004, Public Health Departments play a key role in the preparation, detection, and response to a pandemic. Although grant funding gives health departments ample resources to prepare for a pandemic, many departments do not have adequate capabilities to deal with Avian Flu. Avalution Consulting provides the expertise to help deliver results quickly.
Avalution Consulting provides the following services to Public Health Departments:
Pandemic Response Planning
Public Health Departments must be able to react to Pandemic Influenza by re-allocating their resources from daily operations to dealing with the pandemic situation at hand. Health departments need to meet the requirements set forth by the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza and comply with the plans created by state agencies. Frequently, public health response plans get divided up into several of the following categories:
- Incident command structure
- Mass vaccination plan
- Mass antiviral plan
- Mortuary services surge plan
While these plans are all relevant and important, frequently, the big picture for the organization can get lost. Avalution can take these various plans and build a comprehensive response framework to organize decision making, communications, and event escalation. Our planning experience with Public health groups will allow us to quickly add value to your organization and deliver compelling, action oriented plans.
Internal Training & Exercising
Public Health Department employees, in order to sufficiently support a pandemic influenza response, must be knowledgeable about the departments’ plans and about the threat of a pandemic. Avalution Consulting can organize workshop training sessions, online training, and facilitate exercises to build public officials’ knowledge of this threat. In the event of a pandemic, the proper personnel must have plans to assess risks to the public and navigate through critical events, and Avalution Consulting is prepared to provide its expertise to assist you in your efforts.
External Training
Public Health Departments, which are ultimately responsible for the health and safety of the local community, can organize training sessions designed to help local businesses with pandemic planning. Avalution Consulting can provide its knowledge and experience to host workshops in the community, as well as other unique activities to assist public and private companies prepare for this emerging threat.