01538nam a2200169   4500001000700000100004100007101000800048200012100056210003900177215002000216300013300236330085700369606001501226606002601241606001901267710008201286383377  a20051215d2004       y0pory50      ba  aeng  aBreathing easier?bRecurso eletrónicoereport of the Century Foundation Working Group on Bioterrorism Preparedness  aNew YorkcCentury Foundationd2004  a1 CD-ROMd12 cm  aFicheiro de 432 Kb (32 f.) em formato pdf. Disponível em: https://www.tcf.org/Publications/HomelandSecurity/breathingeasier.pdf  aRecommendations. Background. Building on early progress: recommendations of the working group. 1. The government should define public health preparedness more clearly and develop minimum national standards. 2. Federal and state public health officials, in cooperation withexperts in public health, should define what local public health capabilities should be. 3. Laws governing how responses to public health emergencies and public health investigations are conducted must be modernized. 4. The public health workforce needs to be enlarged and its skillsupgraded. 5. To sustain improvements in the public health system, the flow of federal and state funding must continue without interruption. 6. A balance must be struck between preparing for a biological attack and maintaining and expanding other vital functions of the public health system. Notes.  aTERRORISMO  aPOLÍTICA DE SAÚDE  aESTADOS UNIDOS  aESTADOS UNIDOSbCentury Foundation Working Group on Bioterrorism Preparedness