RAND Health Security Newsletter
This newsletter is a bimonthly update that features recent research from RAND Health and the Center for Domestic and International Health Security.
Contents of October 2005 RAND Health Security newsletter:
- RAND Health expert to speak at international conference on public health issues
- Public health readiness project helps agencies be more responsive
- Electronic self-reporting of smallpox vaccine reactions shows promise for large vaccination
- Demographic trends threaten the freshwater supply
- Commentary: Health costs of Katrina
- Congressional Testimony: Does our counter-terrorism strategy match the threat?
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RAND Health expert to speak at international conference on public health issues
Dr. Ross Anthony, Co-Director for Global Health at RAND's Center for Domestic and International Health Security, will be speaking at Boston University's Global Health conference (Nov 16-19, 2005). Experts in various disciplines from around the world will gather at the conference to address how key global public health issues will evolve over the next 50 years.
News release at bu.edu 
Biography for Dr. Anthony -
Public health readiness project helps agencies be more responsive
An evaluation of the pilot year of Project Public Health Ready (PHR), which aims to prepare local public health agencies to respond to bioterrorism and to protect the public’s health. Agencies that participated in PHR were better prepared and more responsive. -
Electronic self-reporting of smallpox vaccine reactions shows promise for large vaccination efforts
During a mass vaccination event, self-reports of vaccine reactions using an electronic monitoring system could facilitate tracking of reactions and provide an early warning system for adverse events. -
Demographic trends threaten the freshwater supply
Water availability has become a pressing concern due to unprecedented population growth. To avoid a worldwide water crisis, management policies must address the impact of demographic factors on supply and demand and find ways to use the existing freshwater supply more efficiently. -
Commentary: Health costs of Katrina
In recent commentary in United Press International, RAND Health researchers propose a health insurance voucher program to serve victims of recent storms in the U.S. Vouchers are portable and would allow survivors to get care regardless of where they relocate. Vouchers would also relieve some of the financial burden on public health agencies already strained by relief efforts.
Read commentary More health commentary Related health economics research -
Congressional Testimony: Does our counter-terrorism strategy match the threat?
Testimony presented before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation on September 29, 2005.
Citation: Myers S, Stoto MA. Process Evaluation of Project Public Health Ready. RAND Corporation, TR-224-HLTH, 2005.
Citation: Olmsted SS, Grabenstein JD, Jain AK, Comerford W, Giambo P, Johnson P, Mopsik J, Zimmerman SR, Lurie N. Use of an Electronic Monitoring System for Self-Reporting Smallpox Vaccine Reactions. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, Volume 3, Number 3, 2005, pp. 198-206.
Citation: Boberg, J. Liquid Assets: How Demographic Changes and Water Management Policies Affect Freshwater Resources. RAND Corporation, MG-358-CF, 2005.
Citation: Dana P. Goldman and Mark A. Schuster. Health Costs of Katrina. United Press International, October 11, 2005.
Citation: Hoffman, B. Does Our Counter-Terrorism Strategy Match the Threat?. RAND Corporation, CT-250-1, 2005.
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