1. Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response
Rear Admiral Stephen C. Redd, MD
Director, Office of Public Health
Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), CDC
@DrReddCDC

2. Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response
Stephen C. Redd
Director
Division of Emergency Operations
Jeff Bryant (A)
Division of Select Agents and Toxins
Rob Weyant
Division of State and Local Readiness
Chris Kosmos
Division of Strategic National Stockpile
Greg Burel
Bob Ruiz
Deputy Director
Dan Sosin
Deputy Director and
Chief Medical Officer
(A) = Acting 2

3. Division of State and Local Readiness
Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreement
Aim is to prepare national public health system for response to emergencies
62 cooperative agreement awardees (state, local, territorial)
Summarizes data collection on exercises and incidents
Improved emergency preparedness and response capacity in health departments
DSLR administers the PHEP Cooperative Agreement which supports preparedness nationwide.
CDC does not do its work alone. State and local health departments play a critical role. All disease monitoring and initial response is local. State and Local Preparedness and Response provides funding, guidance and training to the states, local health departments, territories, tribal governments and some cities to enable them to acquire the tools, personnel and skills to respond to all types of public health threats including terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
Provides guidance and funding to 62 state, local, and territorial public health departments to strengthen preparedness (including pandemic influenza)
Technical assistance and consultation
provided through Project Officers and
CDC subject matter experts
Gathers performance data on exercises
and real events through public health
department reporting
Due in part to PHEP funding, health departments in states such as New York and North Dakota have reported improved response, training, communication, and surveillance capabilities that have prevailed through disaster events. 3

4. Division of Strategic National Stockpile
Operates national repository of life-saving pharmaceuticals and medical supplies
Procures, stores, and delivers assets
Operates and maintains the national repository of critical medical assets including antibiotics, antiviral drugs, antitoxins, other life-support medications, and supplies
Procures, stores, and delivers these assets to the site of a public health emergency
Can deploy a Stockpile Service Advance Group (SSAG) team to state and local officials during a health emergency
Technical assistance provided to state and local health departments to move medical assets from warehouses to points of dispensing
Provides technical assistance to state and local health departments 4

5. Division of Select Agents and Toxins
Regulates the possession, use, and transfer of select biological agents and toxins that threaten public health and safety
267 institutions registered with HHS/CDC:
90 Government (Non-Federal)
80 Academic
41 Commercial
40 Government (Federal)
16 Private
Oversees the Etiologic Agent Import Permit Program that regulates the importation of agents, hosts, and vectors of human disease in the United States
DSAT regulates the possession, use, and transfer of biological agents and toxins (select agents) that could pose a severe threat to public health and safety.
This regulatory activity is carried out by DSAT's Select Agent Program.
The CDC Select Agent Program currently regulates 51 of the 80 select agents, and 323 registered entities.
The Division of Select Agents and Toxins also oversees the Etiologic Agent Import Permit Program that regulates the importation of agents, hosts, and vectors of human disease in the United States. 5

6. Division of Emergency Operations
Emergency Operations Center
Command center for coordinating emergency responses to public health threats
Staffed 24/7/365 to provide worldwide situational awareness
When activated, provides focus for unified effort in response
Central point of contact for state agencies reporting public health threats
DEO is responsible for overall coordination of CDC’s preparedness, assessment, response, recovery, and evaluation prior to and during public health emergencies
CDC increased the number of quarantine stations from 8 to 20
Located at major points of entry and land border crossings (85% of international travels arrive there)
CDC and airport partners delivered 2 million T-HANs with information and recommendations for people traveling that may have been exposed to SARS
Sent health alert notices to passengers arriving from 11,480 flights originating from areas with SARS 6

7. Approach to partnerships
OPHPR Priorities 1 2 3
Get to zero
Stay at zero
PHEP
Impact
Approach to partnerships

8. US Government Ebola Strategy
Control the Outbreak
Mitigate Secondary Impacts
Encourage International Participation
Build Long-term Capacity to Detect and Respond 8

9. CDC Entry Screening and Follow-up in the U.S.
Movement and
Monitoring
Hospital Preparedness
CARE kits -
Infographic - 9

10. Lessons Learned from Emergency Responses
Day-to-day public health system is the foundation for response
Plan for adaptability during response
Continuous need to modify / improve response
Assess modifications
Critical role of risk communication 10

11. Rear Admiral Stephen C. Redd, MD scr1@cdc.gov 404.639.7377 @DrReddCDC