Challenges in Public Health Rapid Response Team Management

Ashley L Greiner1, Tasha Stehling-Ariza1, Dante Bugli1

  • 1Ashley L. Greiner, MD, MPH, is Emergency Response Capacity Development Unit Lead, Emergency Response and Recovery Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.Tasha Stehling-Ariza, PhD, Dante Bugli, MPH, Adela Hoffman, MPH, and Coralie Giese, MSc, are Epidemiologists;Lisa Moorhouse, MPH, is Deputy Team Lead;John C. Neatherlin, MPH, is West Africa Regional Advisor;Cyrus Shahpar, MD, MPH, is Team Lead; all of the Global Rapid Response Team, Emergency Response and Recovery Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Health Security
|February 1, 2020
PubMed
Summary

Establishing effective public health rapid response teams (RRTs) requires standardized approaches. Key challenges include roster management, member training, and clear standard operating procedures for timely emergency response and global health security.

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