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Washington D.C. - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the Guam Department of Administration $889,923 to help improve Guam’s ability to respond to public health emergencies, such as terrorism, infectious diseases, and natural disasters.

Guam Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo made the announcement.

READ Congresswoman Bordallo's release in FULL below:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Awards Guam $889,923 for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 3, 2012 – Washington, D.C. –

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the Guam Department of Administration $889,923 to help improve Guam’s ability to respond to public health emergencies, such as terrorism, infectious diseases, and natural disasters.

This Cooperative Agreements for Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) grant is part of a joint Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) and Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement program, which provides resources and technical assistance to aid states, territories, and local agencies in developing emergency preparedness capabilities, including: community preparedness, community recovery, emergency operations coordination, emergency public information and warning, fatality management, information sharing, mass care, medical countermeasure dispensing, medical material management and distribution, medical surge, non-pharmaceutical interventions, public health laboratory testing, public health surveillance and epidemiological investigation, responder safety and health, and volunteer management.

“The grant received today will enhance Guam’s ability to respond to public health emergencies in our community,” said Congresswoman Bordallo. “These funds build on previous grants awarded to Guam to help improve our island’s preparedness, response and recovery capabilities. I commend the Guam Department of Administration for working to secure this grant, which will strengthen the preparedness of our healthcare system in the event of a public health threat or emergency.”