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Beyond the checklist: addressing shortfalls in national pandemic influenza preparedness: hearing before the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats
United States. Congress. House
Paperback. Books LLC, Reference Series 2011-09-30.
ISBN 9781234123123
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Original publisher: Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 2009. LC Number: KF27 .H5733 2007j OCLC Number: (OCoLC)477304446 Subject: Epidemics -- United States -- Prevention. Excerpt: ... 11 Table 1: Extent to Which the Strategy and Plan Address GAO's Desirable Characteristics of an Effective National Strategy Partially Does not Desirable characteristic Addresses addresses address Clear purpose, scope, and methodology X Problem definition and risk assessment X Goals, subordinate objectives, activities, and performance measures X Resources, investments, and risk management X Organizational roles, responsibilities, and coordination X Integration and implementation X Source: GAO analysis of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza and Implementation Plan for the National Strat-egy for Pandemic Influenza. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - More specifically, the following are highlights of some of the gaps in the Strategy and Plan. * The Strategy and Plan do not address resources, investments, and risk man-agement. Developing and sustaining the capabilities stipulated in the Plan would require the effective use of federal, state, and local funds. Given that funding needs may not be readily addressed through existing mechanisms and could stress existing government and private resources, it is critical for the Plan to lay out funding requirements. For example, one of the primary objectives of domestic vaccine production capacity is for manufacturers to produce enough vaccine for the entire U.S. population within 6 months. However, the Plan states that production capacity would depend on the availability of future ap-propriations. Despite the fact that the production of enough vaccine for the pop-ulation would be critical if a pandemic were to occur, the Plan does not provide even a rough estimate of how much the vaccine could cost for consideration in future appropriations. * State and local jurisdictions were not directly involved in developing the Strat-
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