Infographic: Preparedness and Response - By the Numbers

Preparedness and Response: By the Nuymbers

• $612 M In annual PHEP funds awarded to 62 jurisdictions for 2017.
• $8 M Funding for public health preparedness and response research to improve the ability of CDC and its partners to effectively respond to a wide range of public health emergencies and disasters.
• 1,786 Total CDC deployments for Zika.
• 530 CDC staff, including staff deployed to the field, during the responses to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
• 181 Inspections of laboratories registered to handle select agents and toxins conducted by the Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) in 2016.
• 3,758 Federal, state, territorial, and local emergency responders trained on how toreceive and distribute products from the Strategic National Stockpile.
• 90 CDC field staff assigned to 58 different PHEP awardee locations in 2017.
• 19 Countries sent public health leaders to CDC headquarters for emergency management training.
• 69 Peer-reviewed publications and Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports authored by OPHPR staff.
• 22,776 Incoming calls to CDC’s Emergency Operations Center responded to from the public; state health departments; clinicians; and hospitals.