MRC GEM

This past Saturday, January 26, MRC GEM member Lynda Flage kicked off this year's training schedule with a program on Mental Health Preparedness and Psychological First Aid.

The first discussion of the free Health System Transformation and Policy Lecture Series will be held Wednesday, Jan. 30, 4-6 p.m. at the Robert W. Woodruff Library, Joseph W. Jones Room, third floor, main Emory University campus.

Without consulting any officials of the Medical Reserve Corps program, Trust For America's Health (TFAH) has released a report specifying the minimum MRC strength needed for community resiliency.

The National Nurse Emergency Preparedness Initiative (NNEPI) recently launched the online course Nurses on the Front Line: Preparing for and Responding to Emergencies and Disasters.

Dear MRC Leaders and Volunteers,

With temperatures dropping, holiday plans in full swing, and thoughts turning towards the New Year, I send you season's greetings from the Office of the Surgeon General. While this past year was an exciting year for me as I assumed the role of acting Surgeon General; it was certainly an equally eventful period for the Medical Reserve Corps.

A recent report from Trust for America's Health gave Georgia high marks for their public health disease, disaster, and bioterrorism preparedness. However, seven states scored better.

Several recent stories about H5N1 influenza are cause for limited optimism.

Pakistan's Ministry of Health has informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of eight suspected human cases of H5N1 avian influenza infection in the Peshawar area of the country.