Wichita METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA (MSA)
Cities READINESS initiative Program (CRI)
Counties Included: Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick, & Sumner Counties in Kansas
CDC’s Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) is a federally funded program designed to enhance preparedness in the nation’s largest population centers, where nearly 60% of the population resides, to effectively respond to large public health emergencies needing life-saving medicines and medical supplies.
State and large metropolitan public health departments use CRI funding to develop, test, and maintain plans to quickly receive medical countermeasures from the Strategic National Stockpile and distribute them to local communities. The Strategic National Stockpile is the nation’s largest supply of medical countermeasures for use in a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies are depleted.
Closed Points of Dispensing keep employees away from public Points of Dispensing, helping to mitigate the demand for public health workers during a public health emergency. Closed Points of Dispensing are in integral part of the Cities Readiness Initiative.
State and large metropolitan public health departments use CRI funding to develop, test, and maintain plans to quickly receive medical countermeasures from the Strategic National Stockpile and distribute them to local communities. The Strategic National Stockpile is the nation’s largest supply of medical countermeasures for use in a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies are depleted.
Closed Points of Dispensing keep employees away from public Points of Dispensing, helping to mitigate the demand for public health workers during a public health emergency. Closed Points of Dispensing are in integral part of the Cities Readiness Initiative.
The Wichita CRI Program is actively recruiting Closed Points of Dispensing (PODs). There is no charge to become a Closed Point of Dispensing.
To learn more about the Wichita Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) Program and how your organization can become a Closed Point of Dispensing during a public health emergency requiring the dispensing of medication, please contact Dan Pugh, the Wichita CRI Regional Coordinator.
To learn more about the Wichita Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) Program and how your organization can become a Closed Point of Dispensing during a public health emergency requiring the dispensing of medication, please contact Dan Pugh, the Wichita CRI Regional Coordinator.
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Dan Pugh
Wichita MSA/CRI Regional Coordinator 217 W. 8th St. #1 Wellington, KS 67152 Office: 316-213-0897 Mobile: 316-213-0897 |