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The University of PittsburghCenter for Public Health Preparedness
The University of PittsburghCenter for Public Health Preparedness
Purpose: Trains professionals and students in public health and related organizations to respond to bioterrorism, infectious disease outbreaks, and other public health threats and emergencies.
A project of the CDC through cooperative agreement number U90/CCU3214238
The CenterThe Center
www.cphp.pitt.edu/upcphp
HousekeepingHousekeeping
• Cell Phones, pagers, etc.
• Schedule for the day
• Learning objectives
• Thanks
2005 - Katrina2005 - Katrina
• Catastrophic failure of a system of network typically requires the application of a heavy load to a weakened structure
• “Structure” may be physical or virtual
St. Patrick’s Day Flood, 1936St. Patrick’s Day Flood, 1936
ResilienceResilience
• People’s capacity to cope with stress and catastrophe
• The ability of an organization, resource, or structure to sustain the impact of a business interruption and recover and resume its operations
• How far a system can be perturbed before it collapses or is fundamentally altered