Resource Guides on Recent Public Health Incidents

Posted by Emily Glenn on January 28th, 2016 Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, News from NLM, Public Health

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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) recently developed resource lists for three public health emergencies affecting both local and global communities. An incident Web page was created to gather resources on the emerging health issues arising from the Zika Virus. Two PDF documents on recent chemical incidents have been updated.  Links to these lists are included below and also can be found on our NLM Disaster Health home page. https://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov

• Zika Virus Health Information Resources: https://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/zikavirus.html
• Aliso Canyon/Porter Ranch Gas Leak: https://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/aliso_canyon_gas_leak.pdf
• Lead in Flint, Michigan Water System: https://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/FlintLeadWater.pdf

These resource lists link to a variety of sources such as:

• Local, state, federal and international agencies and organizations
• Database searches for the health information issues around the incidents
• Social media resources for situational awareness

To keep up-to-date on these and other Disaster Health resources, please sign-up for the Disaster Information Management Research Center email updates: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNLMDIMRC/subscriber/new.