Hello everyone. An important national report recently came out: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) led the development of the National Health Security Review (NHSR)  which describes progress that the nation has made—and its persistent challenges—in strengthening national health security over the past four years. The NHSR 2010-2014 uses the strategic objectives and priorities described in the National Health Security Strategy 2010-2014 and the NHSS Implementation Plan 2012-2014 as the standards for evaluation. The NHSR findings informed development of National Health Security Strategy and Implementation Plan 2015-2018.

Objective 1 out 10 is particularly relevant to the work we do here on ACEsConnections.Com: 

Objective 1: Foster Informed, Empowered Individuals and Communities. There has been an increased policy focus on informed and empowered individuals and communities, and many efforts demonstrate broader community engagement and improved stakeholder uptake of crucial preparedness information.   Community resilience is now widely understood to be a central organizing element for national health security and has been incorporated into programs, policies, and planning at all levels.

To read the rest of this report, please go to: http://www.phe.gov/Preparednes...nhss/Pages/nhsr.aspx