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THE STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH REFORM
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The goal of contemporary health statute development continues to be a balance consisting of a clear hazardous environment that it covers, the clarity of the powers to control this environment, and perform this service to public health while preserving the rights of the individual.
The Federal Government will work with the World Health Organization (WHO) and through diplomatic contacts to strengthen these international mechanisms. Our country’s response will configure our own Departments and Agencies to deploy personnel and material in support of an international response upon the first reports of suspected outbreaks (National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, Executive Summary).
During this transformation into a more prepared stance to fight a potential pandemic, there will most likely be a renewed interest in clearly defining the role of the local agency by modernizing public health law. With more clearly defined actions and enforcement procedures dictated under contemporary statutes, the first responders will be armed with better knowledge of how to react to a danger to public health and the proper remediation of the environment that holds the danger.
First responders (such as police, EMS, and coroners) now have better-defined reactions to environments they respond to that are contaminated with bloodborne pathogens, viral, and bacteria hazards.
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