Preparedness and response - by the numbers

\u2022 $612 M In annual PHEP funds awarded to 62 jurisdictions for 2017.\u2022 $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.\u2022 1,739 Total CDC deployments for Zika.\u2022 530 CDC staff, including staff deployed to the field, during the responses to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.\u2022 181 Inspections of laboratories registered to handle select agents and toxins conducted by the Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) in 2016.\u2022 3,758 Federal, state, territorial, and local emergency responders trained on how toreceive and distribute products from the Strategic National Stockpile.\u2022 90 CDC field staff assigned to 58 different PHEP awardee locations in 2017.\u2022 19 Countries sent public health leaders to CDC headquarters for emergency management training.\u2022 69 Peer-reviewed publications and Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports authored by OPHPR staff.\u2022 22,776 Incoming calls to CDC\u2019s Emergency Operations Center responded to from the public; state health departments; clinicians; and hospitals.CS287315Bbythenumbers2018v2.pdf201