Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy Activities

Position Statements and Letters

TFAH Letter to U.S. and E.U. Administrations in Support of 10 New Antibacterial Drugs by 2020 (November 2009)
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Joint TFAH-IDSA Letter to Administration on Antimicrobial Resistance (July 2009)
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TFAH Letter to House Appropriations Committee on Federal Ban on Needle Exchange Programs (July 2009)
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Working Group on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Letter Urges Congress to Fund Pandemic Preparedness and BARDA (September 2008)
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TFAH's Comments on HHS Draft Guidance Documents Regarding Preparation for Pandemic Influenza (July 2008)
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Letter in Support of S. 3312/H.R. 6569, the Public Health Emergency Response Act
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Congressional Hearings and Briefings

In April 2009, Trust for America's Health hosted a congressional briefing on the report, Germs Go Global: How Emerging Infectious Diseases Are a Threat to America.  Available presentations are below.

Introduction and Report Overview
Jeff Levi, Executive Director, Trust for America's Health

CDC's Global Disease Detection Program
Scott Dowell, Director, Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Policy Activities by Topic

Healthier America Project

Obesity

Pandemic Flu

Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness

Food Safety

Child Health

Environmental Health

Public Health Funding

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Health Disparities