It’s time for Ohio to stop looking through rose colored hazmat suits
by 614now Staff
December 22, 2014
It looks like it might be time to invest in a personal hazmat suit. A new report looked at how well states are prepared for breakouts of Ebola, measles, other diseases, and bio terrorism attacks like anthrax. The report by the Robert Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Trust for America’s Health graded states on 10 public-health measures and ranked Ohio as one of the worst in country.
10 Public Health Measures
- Public Health Funding Commitment
- Incident and Information Management
- Childhood Vaccinations
- Flu Vaccination Rates
- Climate Change and Infectious Disease
- Healthcare-Associated Infection Control
- Healthcare-Associated Infection Control
- Public Health Laboratories – Capabilities During Emergencies or Drills
- HIV/AIDS Surveillance
- Food Safety
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