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What is Emergency Preparedness?
Public Health Emergency
Preparedness involves coordinating, planning, and communicating
with partner agencies, organizations, and the community
to understand potential threats and effective responses
to Public Health Emergencies.
Dodge County Public Health
is continually preparing to respond to public health
emergencies – including; illness related to food
or water, a communicable disease outbreak, and health
related effects from natural or man-made disasters.
The threat of bioterrorism, along with the recognition
that many common occurrences like food borne illnesses,
power outages, floods and other natural disasters have
public health impacts, has driven the need for local
public health departments across the state, along with
the Minnesota Department of Health, to prepare responses
to a wide variety of events. Dodge County Public Health
will share accurate and up-to-date information and
resources before, during, and after a public health
emergency.
Dodge County Public Health is currently
developing and testing the public health emergency
response plans. This includes planning for mass clinics
to dispense medications or vaccines in case of a local,
regional, or statewide communicable disease outbreak
and planning to assist the Minnesota Department of
Health in areas such as disease surveillance, follow-up,
and monitoring.
Contact Information
Mary Krebs, PHN
42 E. Main St.
Dodge Center, MN 55927
Phone:
507-635-6150
Fax: 507-633-9601
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