📅 Imagine... Planning for the
Next Pandemic 📅
💡 Imagined Endstate:
🌐A future where proactive pandemic preparedness safeguards vulnerable Pacific communities from the impacts of infectious diseases. 🛡️
🔗 Link:
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fact-sheet-white-house-launches-office-pandemic-preparedness-and-response-policy
📚 Source:
Office of Pandemic Preparedness and
Response Policy. (2023, August 7). Major General (ret) Paul Friedrichs:
Inaugural Director of OPPR and Principal Advisor on Pandemic Preparedness and
Response.
💥What's the Big Deal:
🛡️The establishment of the
Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR) marks a pivotal step
towards proactive and comprehensive pandemic planning. Under the leadership of
Major General (ret) Paul Friedrichs, OPPR will lead, coordinate, and implement
actions related to pandemic preparedness and response, protecting vulnerable
communities from known and unknown biological threats. 🌱 This is intended
to be an effort to strengthen domestic preparedness, coordinate responses, and
drive science and technology efforts for developing medical countermeasures.
OPPR's commitment to regular reports to Congress will serve as a means to
evaluate the program and future readiness. 🌐
#PandemicPreparedness, #GlobalSecurity,
#DisasterResponse, #OPPR
