Budgeting for Medical Countermeasures: An Ongoing Need for Preparedness

Bipartisan Policy Center. 02/13/2018 This 16-page report summarizes the progress to date in procuring medical countermeasures and prior Congressional funding mechanisms for Project BioShield. It discusses ways to optimize funding for medical countermeasures so that the existing public-private partnership can continue to thrive, by restoring the program ' s original multi-year funding structure. It reviews the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE), and future considerations for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - February 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news