Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening CDC’s Emergency Response

Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening CDC’s Emergency Response describes the range of fiscal year (FY) 20071 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects that received Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (TPER) funding. Although there are other funding sources for preparedness activities at CDC, such as pandemic influenza, this report focuses on the activities supported by TPER funding. This funding represents significant preparedness investments by CDC, and supports a range of activities at CDC and at state and local levels to help develop the building blocks to respond to public health threats.