Palau public health emergency preparedness cooperative agreement - palau?S ministry of health is made up of four bureaus ? The bureau of public health, bureau of nursing, bureau of health…

Palau public health emergency preparedness cooperative agreement - palau?S ministry of health is made up of four bureaus ? The bureau of public health, bureau of nursing, bureau of health administration and support services, and the bureau of hospital and clinical services. The bureau of public health is the only public health department in palau and the emergency health program (public health emergency preparedness program, hospital preparedness program and emergency medical services for children) is located wtihin this bureau as a cross cutting program.palau?S phep program is committed to 1) excellence in coordination and support with community partnerships; 2) fairness and truthfulness in education on emergency health; and 3) continuous learning and development to ensure community readiness. Over the years, the program has led emergency preparedness activities for the ministry of health?S bureaus, divisions, units, and programs as well as collaborative efforts with key emergency preparedness and response partner agencies. To ensure successful implementation of projects and activities and achieve operational readiness by end of the project period, phep will systematically build on strengthening phep?S six domains through focused annual concentration of identified domains throughout the 5-year funding cycle.for the next five years, palau?S phep program will continue close collaboration with HPP and senior advisory committee members in fulfilling its commitments by building, strengthening, and/or improving relations with all partners and community stakeholders in emergency preparedness. This includes further maturing the health related emergency preparedness coalition which serves as the phep senior advisory committee as well as ongoing participation in national committees, working groups and coalitions. IT is an ongoing effort and priority at the ministry of health to maintain these partnerships and ensure that maximum effort is done with the resources available, to achieve public health preparedness capabilit IES. The immediate need of the program is to ensure that all essential program functions are being met, including the hiring and training of all key staff and having the necessary tools and equipment. IT is also envisioned that planning and/or strategic meetings will be conducted with senior advisory members to address any and all identified gaps concerning all planned activities. Additionally, the phep program, with its key partners and stakeholders, intends to conduct meetings and exercises to develop the necessary skills needed to ensure an effective and coordinated response to any public health threat.finally, at the end of the 5-year period, the emergency health program together with its partners and stakeholders, have achieved overall goal of preventing or reducing morbidity and mortality from public health incidents whose scale, rapid onset, or unpredictability stresses the public health and health care systems, while also ensuring the earliest possible recovery and return of the public health and health care systems to pre-incident levels or improved functioning.